Invisible Trauma

<p>There 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. </p><p>Bringing together authors uniquely placed as experts in their fields, <em>Invisible Trauma </em>argues 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.</p><p>Invisible Trauma highlights the role of emotiona<b>l</b>, social and cultural forces in traumatising women who come into contact with the criminal justice system and uncove<b>rs</b> 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.</p> <p>1. Introduction</p><p><em>The Authors</em> </p><p>2. Maternal Violence: Ordinary and Extraordinary </p><p><em>Anna Motz</em></p><p>3. The Criminalisation of Blackness </p><p><em>Maxine Dennis</em></p><p>4. Caught in the Racist Gaze?: </p><p>The vulnerability of black women to forensic mental health and criminal justice settings </p><p><em>Anne Aiyegbusi</em> </p><p>5. Prostitution: Visible Bodies, Hidden Lives </p><p><em>Anna Motz</em></p><p>6. Self-Harm: Inscriptions and Survival </p><p><em>Anna Motz</em></p><p>7. Taboo: Female Psychopathy and Sex Offending against children</p><p><em>Anna Motz</em></p><p>8. Extreme violence and female terrorism: restricted status and indeterminate sentences for public protection</p><p><em>Anna Motz</em> </p><p>9. Intoxicating States of Mind: Violence and its impact</p><p><em>Anna Motz</em> </p><p>10. 'What Happened?' An attachment based understanding of detained women with offending histories and diagnoses of personality disorder</p><p><em>Anne Aiyegbusi</em> </p><p>11. Imprisoned and in prison: Organised defences working against black women and girls </p><p><em>Maxine Dennis</em> </p><p>12. Conclusion: Why the Caged Bird Sings </p><p><em>The Authors</em></p>