Franca Cortoni, Ph.D., C.Psych.
Date: Friday, August 20, 2021
Time: 9:00am- 4:00pm Eastern via Zoom
Cost: $75
CEUs: Currently Pending for Psychology and Social Work
Training Description:
Women who sexually offend constitute a small yet significant proportion of all sexual offenders. In recent years, increased empirical attention has revealed a number of gender-specific issues related to female offending. As such, women convicted of sexual offenses require gender-informed assessment, treatment, and management practices. This workshop will present the details of the evidence that indicates the need for a gender-informed approach to the assessment and treatment of women who have sexually offended. It will also include a discussion of empirically supported treatment practices with women to understand how best to approach interventions with women convicted of sexual offenses. It will conclude with a review of special considerations for their management. As relevant, a contrast with male-based information will be provided.
Speaker Bio:
Franca Cortoni received her doctorate in clinical and forensic psychology from Queen’s University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Since 1989, she has worked with and conducted research on female and male sexual offenders. In 2007, after many years with Correctional Services Canada, she moved to the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal where she is Professor of criminological psychology. She is also a Research Fellow at the International Centre of Comparative Criminology. Her research focuses on the factors associated with the development of sexual offending behavior, risk assessment, and treatment of both male and female sexual offenders. She has published extensively on these issues. She was the 2018-2019 President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). Her latest project focuses on the effectiveness of treatment to reduce sexual offending behavior among men.
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