Trauma and Dissociation in Convicted Offenders

Gender, Science, and Treatment Issues

Kathryn Quina, Laura Brown

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781136449871
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Medical Law
• Index: Social Sciences

Better understand the men and women most affected by trauma in our society Convicted offenders quite often are found to have a history of trauma. Trauma and Dissociation in Convicted Offenders: Gender, Science, and Treatment Issues provides a comprehensive look at the connection between complex trauma and the likelihood of being a convicted offender. This unique text focuses on what factors increase the likelihood of being a convicted offender, and what treatment possibilities lay ahead for these individuals. Substance abuse, childhood sexual abuse, and other traumatic experiences and their links to incarcerated men and women are discussed in detail. Interventions and research within the corrections system are examined, with recommendations on how to better serve this population. Trauma and Dissociation in Convicted Offenders: Gender, Science, and Treatment Issues takes a reasoned stand on women and men in prison, understanding that while they are being punished for breaking the law, they also are survivors of trauma whose dysfunctions underscore the need for greater understanding and more research. This valuable source presents the most current research results while providing a clear view on important future directions of study and focus. Each chapter of this insightful resource is extensively referenced and many have tables to clearly present data. Topics in Trauma and Dissociation in Convicted Offenders: Gender, Science, and Treatment Issues include:

• the relationship between post-traumatic stress and lifetime substance abuse among incarcerated women
• research on women inmates with HIV sexual risk and hazardous drinking behavior
• study on the link between trauma and women domestic violence offenders
• dissociation and memory in sex abusers
• the 're-criminalization' of mental illness
• the effectiveness of group therapy for incarcerated women survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA)
• challenges, ethical issues, and benefits of conducting research with abuse survivors in a women's prison facility

Trauma and Dissociation in Convicted Offenders: Gender, Science, and Treatment Issues is an essential resource for clinicians, educators, students, policymakers, and researchers.

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by the letter “t” designate tables; and numbers followed by the letter “b” designate boxes.

Abram, K.M., 102

Abuse

child

among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 52–55, 52t

history of, among convicted sex offenders, 71

emotional, retaliation for, among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 58

history of, in incarcerated persons, 2

sexual, childhood, incarcerated female survivors of, effectiveness of time-limited group therapy for, 97–121. See also Incarcerated women, survivors of childhood sexual abuse, effectiveness of time-limited group therapy for

Abuse-Perpetration Inventory (API), 74

Addiction Severity Index (ASI), 16–17

AIC. See Akaike Information Criterion (AIC)

Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), 33

Alcohol use disorders, risk of, in incarcerated women, levels of trauma among, study of behavioral and emotional impacts of, 27–46. See also Incarcerated women, with HIV risk and alcohol use disorders, levels of trauma among

American Psychiatric Association (APA), Guidelines for Psychotherapy with Girls and Women of, 117

American Psychological Association, Ethical Principles of Psychologists of, 132

APA. See American Psychiatric Association (APA)

API. See Abuse-Perpetration Inventory (API)

ASI. See Addiction Severity Index (ASI)

Asking for help, but not receiving it, among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 59–60

Bayes Information Criterion (BIC), 33

Beck Depression Inventory II, 35

Becker-Blease, K., 69

Bedford Hills Maximum Security Corrections Facility (BHCF), 99

Behavioral effects, of trauma among incarcerated women with HIV risk and alcohol use disorders, study of, 27–46. See also Incarcerated women, with HIV risk and alcohol use disorders, levels of trauma among

Betrayal Trauma Inventory (BTI), 73–74

BHCF. See Bedford Hills Maximum Security Corrections Facility (BHCF)

BIC. See Bayes Information Criterion (BIC)

Boundary(ies), research in prison settings and, respect for, 135

Braithwaite, J., 101

Breaking point, reaching of, among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 62

Brown, J., 123

Brown, L.S., 5, 97, 132

Browne, A., 30, 99, 103

BTI. See Betrayal Trauma Inventory (BTI)

Bureau of Justice Statistics, 103

Buss, D., 61

Caddell, J.M., 102

Campbell, A., 50, 62

Carroll, L., 133

Certificate of Confidentiality, 31

Child abuse

among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 52–55, 52t

history of, among convicted sex offenders, 71

Child Protective Services (CPS), Texas Department of, 51

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA), 3–4

incarcerated female survivors of, effectiveness of time-limited therapy group for, 97–121. See also Incarcerated women, survivors of childhood sexual abuse, effectiveness of time-limited therapy group for

Children, violence and, among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders, 59

Clarke, J.G., 27

Clinician-Administered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Scale (CAPs), 15–16

Cole, K.L., 97

Compartmentalization, among convicted sex offenders, 72

Compensation, for research in prison settings, 135–136

Complex trauma, 2

Consent, informed, in research in prison settings, 133

Control, among participants in study of female domestic violence offenders,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Introduction
• The Relationship of Lifetime Polysubstance Dependence to Trauma Exposure, Symptomatology, and Psychosocial Functioning in Incarcerated Women with Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorder
• Levels of Trauma Among Women Inmates with HIV Risk and Alcohol Use Disorders: Behavioral and Emotional Impacts
• Women Domestic Violence Offenders: Lessons of Violence and Survival
• Dissociation and Memory for Perpetration Among Convicted Sex Offenders
• Traumatized Offenders: Don’t Look Now, But Your Jail’s Also Your Mental Health Center
• Developing and Assessing Effectiveness of a Time-Limited Therapy Group for Incarcerated Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
• Through the Bullet-Proof Glass: Conducting Research in Prison Settings
• Index