Women Who Kill Violence, Trauma, and Forensic Psychology

Introduction - Women Who Kill, Intimate Partner Violence, and Forensic Psychology

Lenore E. Walker, Amanda E. Temares, Brandi N. Diaz and David L. Shapiro

Part I: The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Motivating Factors Driving Women to Kill

1. Common Characteristics of Women Who Kill In the Context of Abuse: A Content Analysis of Case Files

Samantha Scott, Robert Geffner, Ronald Stolberg and Skultip Sirikantraporn

2. Maternal Filicide: A Review of Psychological and External Demographic Risk Factors

Alyssa Frederique, Ronald Stolberg, Jan Estrellado and Carvel Kellum

Part II: Gender Roles and Intimate Partner Victimization

3. The Mediating Effect of Traditional Gender Beliefs on the Relationship between Gender Disparities and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Julia O’Connor, Kristina Nikolova, Iris Cardenas and Simone Snyder

4. Cognitive Reappraisal as a Protective Factor in the Association between Cyber Intimate Partner Victimization and Depression in Hispanic Emerging Adults

Jorge I. Cantu, Ruby Charak, Jason Popan and Arthur Cantos

5. Does Power at Home Protect Women from Violence? A Comparative Analysis between Urban and Rural Colombian Women

Esperanza Camargo

Part III: Women Who Do Not Kill

6. An Exploratory Study of “No-Crime” Homicide Cases Among Female Exonerees

Nicky A. Jackson, Margaret Pate, Kathryn M. Campbell and Amy Shlosberg

7. Parental Grief, Wrongful Incarceration, and the Continued Effects after Exoneration

Amanda E. Temares, Brittany D. Parker, Lenore E. Walker and David Shapiro

Part IV: Evaluation of Women Who Have Killed

8. Psychological Testing in Forensic Evaluations of Battered Women Who Kill

Stephanie Akl, Amanda E. Temares, Brandi N. Diaz and Lenore E. Walker

9. Psychological Evaluation of Battered Women Who Kill in Self-Defense: A Review of 34 Cases

Lenore E. Walker, Amanda E. Temares, Brandi N. Diaz and Giselle Gaviria

Part V: Consultation and Expert Witness Testimony in Cases of Women Who Have Killed

10. Litigation Consultation in Cases of Women Who Kill

John Delatorre

11. Battered Women Charged with Homicide: Expert Consultation, Evaluation, and Testimony

Mindy B. Mechanic

Part VI: Trauma, Abuse and Corrections

12. Examining Trauma Symptoms and Interpersonal Dependency within Incarcerated Psychopathic and Non-psychopathic Women

Jason M. Smith, Carl B. Gacono and Ted B. Cunliffe

13. Resilience Building Programs in U.S. Corrections Facilities: An Evaluation of Trauma-Informed Practices in Place

Savanah Mueller, Mark Hart and Cary Carr

14. “We’re Still Human”: A Reproductive Justice Analysis of the Experiences of Criminalized Latina Mothers

Allison D. Crawford, Kelly McGlothen-Bell, L. Noël Marsh and Lisa M. Cleveland

Biography

Lenore Walker introduced Battered Woman Syndrome into the courts in the 1980s. She is a 2023 recipient of the APF Gold Medal of Psychology Impact. Dr. Walker is an Educator and Psychologist who practices and testifies on forensic cases, especially in cases where one’s state of mine is impacted by gender violence events.

David Shapiro is recognized as one of the first individuals who practiced and wrote about the field of clinical forensic psychology, by looking at forensic psychology from the point of view of practice issues rather than theory and research. He has taught, presented, written, and received awards in the field of forensic psychology.

Amanda Temares is Postdoctoral Resident in Fort Lauderdale, USA. She has worked with a variety of populations and presently works with children, adolescents, and adults who are involved with the Florida Department of Children and Families as well as those who experience serious and persistent mental illness.

Brandi Diaz is Forensic Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at the Forensic Services department within the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Her clinical duties include a variety of criminal and civil evaluations. She is the author of several articles and book chapters related to gender violence and evaluation procedures.