The Aftermath Foundation Graduate Student Research Award for 2023 has been awarded to Silvana Kaouar, a doctoral candidate at the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia. This award is given to honor those graduate students who conduct and publish research consistent with the Mission of the Foundation. Silvana Kaouar received the … Read more
When people think of psychopathic women, true crime shows such as Deadly Women may come to mind. Criminologists have often pointed out that when women commit crimes, especially violent crimes, the media will depict these women as either ‘mad’ (her offending is linked to mental health issues) or ‘bad’ (she is viewed as evil and … Read more
Dr. Nathalie Fontaine is a licensed Psycho-educator and a Full Professor in the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal (Québec, Canada) who studies the development of antisocial behavior in youth, risk and protective factors and associated coping problems. Her answers address: The impact of positive relationships with adults on children with psychopathic traits … Read more
Early in life I felt like an outsider, unable to make friends and have the closeness I saw between other people. Why not for me? I couldn’t understand why and didn’t know what to do about it. For decades I grieved and tried to deal with the loss of so many friends who really mattered … Read more
We are excited to share our most recent Web Conversation with an Expert, Dr. Mary Ellen O’Toole. Dr. O’Toole spoke to us about her time with the Behavioural Analysis Unit of the FBI, as well as how psychopathy relates to the behavior of serial sexual killers. She also spoke about using her knowledge on psychopathy … Read more
Dr. Kasia Uzieblo is an Associate Professor of Criminological and Forensic Psychology at the Department of Criminology of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) and Senior Researcher at the Research Department of the Forensic Care Specialists (Utrecht, the Netherlands). Her teaching, trainings, and research focus on sexual/family violence and forensic (psychological) assessment (e.g., risk assessment). … Read more
