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La femme fatale: the female psychopath in fiction and clinical practice
- Author:
- LOGAN Caroline
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 16(3), 2011, pp.118-127.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The phenomenon of the psychopath; what is it like to be married to a psychopath, governed by one, the victim of one or even to be one, evokes both fascination and revulsion. The male psychopath has tended to dominate fiction and film as well as the scientific literature. Studies in women are few; consequently, psychopathy is not routinely assessed in women and the harmful potential of some can be overlooked leading to failures in the management of risk. This paper explores how psychopathic women manifest the traits of their disorder. The first two sections of the paper bring the reader up to date with what is known today. While the third part focuses on the representation of women in fiction who demonstrate psychopathic traits. A number of works are identified. Three texts are described in detail and their female characters and storylines explored. Gender differences and practice implications are highlighted. Specifically, the paper explores the nuanced ways in which women execute their harmful conduct on others and their most likely relationships with the victims of their aggression; comparisons with men are drawn throughout. The author suggests that the study of psychopathic women in fiction is an invaluable adjunct to empirical research as a way of understanding the phenomenology of psychopathy in this group.
Working in partnership: making it happen for high risk personality disordered offenders
- Authors:
- LOGAN Caroline, RAMSDEN Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(3), 2015, pp.171-179.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The implementation of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy requires partnership between NHS providers and custodial and community-based practitioners in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). What this partnership looks like is dependent on the nature and resources of involved services. However, what it is meant to achieve – reduced reoffending, a more knowledgeable workforce, and a more engaged client group – is clearer. It is fundamental to the OPD strategy that these outcomes are delivered through partnership so as to minimise harmful transitions between services, and to effectively share the expertise required for the holistic case management of personality disordered (PD) offenders. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: The implementation of the OPD strategy is ongoing, and data will be forthcoming in due course that will allow for the empirical test of the hypothesis that working together is better than working separately. However, with the emphasis on public protection and workforce development, some of the crucial partnership issues may remain less well understood or explored. This paper overviews the services in which the authors are involved, describing their initiation and operation, and concludes with a discussion of a number of principles for partnership work in relation to the OPD strategy. The paper is intended to assist developing services to make the most of collaborative working across the PD pathway in England and Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)