{"product_id":"invisible-trauma-women-difference-and-the-criminal-justice-system-paperback","title":"Invisible Trauma: Women, Difference and the Criminal Justice System - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Motz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaxine Dennis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Aiyegbusi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is an expectation that women will be nurturers and carers. Women who have been judged violent, destructive and criminal and who are detained in the criminal justice system can find themselves perceived through a distorted lens as unwomanly. This book explains how they become hypervisible in their difference, while the histories of trauma and suffering that are communicated through their offending and other risk behaviour remain hidden, and so are unseen.　\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing together authors uniquely placed as experts in their fields, \u003cem\u003eInvisible Trauma \u003c\/em\u003eargues that it is essential to trace the traumatic roots of women's violence and criminality. Powerful intergenerational factors perpetuate the cycles of offending and trauma re-enactment that current sentencing practice overlooks. The authors present a psychoanalytically informed account of the development of violence and other offending, identifying pathways for change to address trauma within the lives of these women and their children, and also to create a responsive, effective and sensitive workforce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvisible Trauma highlights the role of emotiona\u003cb\u003el\u003c\/b\u003e, social and cultural forces in traumatising women who come into contact with the criminal justice system and uncove\u003cb\u003ers\u003c\/b\u003e areas of their lives that are all too often hidden from view. It will be invaluable to those working in clinical and forensic psychology, mental health nursing, psychotherapy, social work, medical practice and women's health, as well as frontline practitioners in the criminal justice system, the health service and third sector organisations and for anyone with an interest in racism, equality and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnna Motz\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Consultant Clinical and Forensic Psychologist with the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust working within Offender Care and a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist with extensive experience of working with women with trauma and offending histories. She is the author of The \u003cem\u003ePsychology of Female Violence: Crimes Against the Body \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eToxic Couples: The Psychology of Domestic Violence, \u003c\/em\u003e and the Editor of \u003cem\u003eManaging Self Harm: Psychological Perspectives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaxine Dennis is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst (British Psychoanalytic Society) and is Groups Lead in the Adult Department, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. She is also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Essex Clinical Psychology Department where she organises and contributes to the teaching on diversity and psychotherapy. Currently she is Chair of the British Psychoanalytic Council Task Group on Ethnicity, Culture and Racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnne Aiyegbusi\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Mental Health Nurse, Forensic Psychotherapist and Group Analyst. She manages a clinical network for personality disorder at West London NHS Trust and is a Director of Psychological Approaches CIC. Anne has extensive experience of working with women who have histories of self-harm, trauma and offending; and of working with racism in forensic and psychotherapeutic contexts. Anne is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Institute of Group Analysis where she is also a member of the Diversity in Training Group, prioritising issues of 'Power, Privilege and Position'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 09, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127573909639,"sku":"9781138218666","price":64.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7022e44d2ab7df0f65130c2ac953dcad.webp?v=1732589421","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/invisible-trauma-women-difference-and-the-criminal-justice-system-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}