Karen Franklin

 ( American Women Psychologists ) 

Karen Franklin is an American forensic psychologist. For her doctoral dissertation, she conducted research on anti-gay violence.James Brooke, October 14, 1998, The New York Times, Homophobia Often Found In Schools, Data Show, Accessed July 26, 2014, "...The study was conducted this year by Karen Franklin, a forensic psychologist... at the University of Washington..."Psychology Today, Experts, Accessed July 26, 2014, "..Karen Franklin, Ph.D., is a forensic psychologist in Northern California and an adjunct professor at Alliant International University. She is a former criminal investigator and legal affairs reporter. ..."May 26, 2011, NPR, All Things Considered, Expert Panel: Weighing The Value Of A Test For Psychopaths: On All Things Considered this week, NPR's Alix Spiegel explores the controversial PCL-R test, designed to evaluate psychopaths, and its great influence over one inmate's parole fate. Here, a panel of experts debates the test's role in the criminal justice system., Accessed July 26, 2014, "..Karen Franklin is a clinical and forensic psychologist in the San Francisco Bay Area ..." She has also published commentaries about sex crimes, primarily expressing her opposition to the use of the hebephilia and other diagnoses in sexually violent predator regulations. She received the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award in Psychology and the Monette-Horwitz Trust Award in 2001.

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Career In 1982, Franklin received a BA in journalism from San Francisco State University, and at one point she worked as a legal affairs news reporter. She received her PhD in 1997 from the California School of Professional Psychology. She is an instructor of clinical psychology at Alliant International University, and serves as chair of the Ethics & Professional Affairs Committee of the Alameda County Psychological Association.

Franklin formerly worked as a criminal investigator for death penalty cases, which sparked her interest in forensic psychology.

(2026). 9780538450898, South-Western Educational Pub. . ISBN 9780538450898

In her forensic psychology practice, she conducts competency evaluations, risk assessment, and mental state exams for criminal defendants, particularly as well as defendants facing possible execution.2014, The Guardian, Karen Franklin, Accessed July 26, 2014. Franklin has served as an expert witness in criminal trials. She was a guest expert on National Public Radio's documentary program All Things Considered, and the Public Broadcasting Service's in-depth documentary program Frontline.

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Research

Franklin's research focused the psychological basis for anti-gay ,Frontline (PBS), Interviews, Accessed July 26, 2014, "...forensic psychologist, Karen Franklin's dual interests in psychology and the law brought her to question the roots of anti-gay hate crimes... badly needed empirical data on the nature and extent of negative reactions to gays..."Karen Franklin, Frontline (PBS), Inside the mind of people who hate gays, Accessed July 26, 2014, "...Bias-related violence against homosexuals is believed to be widespread in the United States, with perpetrators typically described by victims as young men in groups .." hebephilia,Hannah Osborne (July 17, 2014), International Business Times, Hebephilia: No, It's Not Normal for Men to Have Sex with Pubescent Girls, Accessed July 26, 2014, "..One of his biggest critics, Karen Franklin, claimed hebephilia is normal for men because in terms of evolution and reproduction, it is beneficial to be attracted to a girl when she becomes fertile: ..."James M. Cantor, Research Gate, The Errors of Karen Franklin's Pretextuality., Accessed July 26, 2014, "..in her recent article, Hebephilia: Quintessence of Diagnostic Pretextuality (published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 2010), Karen Franklin expands on her previous argument that psychologists and psychiatrists should not diagnose..." and the interpersonal dynamics of gang rape. In addition, she published articles on subjects such as ethics in forensics issues,May 31, 2014, Marvin W. Acklin, Ph.D., Hawaii Forensic Psychology, PROFESSIONAL ETHICS,"PARTISAN ALLEGIANCE," AND EXPERT WITNESS LIABILITY , Accessed July 26, 2014, "..Franklin ... experts have an ethical duty in the quality of their forensic work, to know ... relevant literature and controversies, acknowledge scientific limitations, and understand...." whether child molesters could outsmart tests, criminal justice decisions, ,Douglas L. Keene, Rita R. Handrich, November 28, 2012, The Jury Expert, "Only the Guilty Would Confess to Crimes" : Understanding the Mystery of False Confessions, Accessed July 26, 2014. the nature of psychopathy, and other topics in forensic psychology. Her analysis of identified four main motives: ideology, thrill seeking, peer dynamics and perceived self-defense;Karen Franklin, American Psychological Association, Prevalence of Antigay Aggression among a College Sample, Retrieved September 1, 2015, "..Four distinct motivations were found in bias crimes against sexual minorities. These are Self-Defense, Ideology, Thrill Seeking, and Peer Dynamics...." she elaborated that "offenders perceive that they have societal permission to engage in violence against homosexuals." She presented her paper Psychosocial Motivations of Hate Crimes Perpetrators to a congressional hearing in 1998. She asserted that laws to punish people who commit hate crimes may not be the best way to prevent such crimes; she argued that many criminals don't curtail their violence based on their estimate of possible future punishment. She argued in 2015 that the objectification of women can desensitize viewers to the humanity of women, but that such objectification had little direct impact on group violence. She argued that group-perpetrated violence can serve a variety of purposes for men who feel disempowered, by promoting group adhesion and camaraderie, as well as giving the members a chance to "demonstrate and celebrate their masculinity."

Franklin has also criticized the usefulness of the concept of psychopathy. In 2011, she wrote, "By foregrounding intrinsic evil, psychopathy marginalizes social problems and excuses institutional failures at rehabilitation"; she also calls diagnoses of psychopathy "essentially subjective."

Franklin questioned whether childhood behaviors such as a history of abusing animals, or setting fires, or bedwetting, sometimes called the Macdonald triad, were good predictors of future psychopathic behavior; she claimed that they were less effective than commonly thought.

Dean Haycock (2014). 9781480447981, Open Road Media. . ISBN 9781480447981

Franklin's forensic research has been published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law, American Behavioral Scientist,. Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice, Sexuality Research and Social Policy, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, and others, as well as in popular magazines such as Psychology Today.

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External links

• Karen Franklin's website
• Franklin's forensic psychology blog

Categories: American Women Psychologists, Forensic Psychologists, American Women Journalists, American Legal Writers, Journalists From San Francisco, United States International University Alumni, San Francisco State University Alumni, University Of Washington Alumni, Academics From San Francisco, Year Of Birth Missing, Living People, 21st-century American Women, American Clinical Psychologists, 21st-century American Psychologists

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