Karen Franklin

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Karen Franklin
Karen Franklin.jpg
Born Houston, Texas, USA
Residence Northern California
Citizenship American
Fields Forensic psychology
Institutions California School of Professional Psychology
Alliant International University
Alma mater SFSU BA 1982,
CSPP (PhD)
U. Wash Postdoctoral fellowship
Thesis Antigay Behaviors Among Young Adults[1] (2000)
Doctoral advisor Gregory Herek
Notable awards Distinguished Scientific Achievement (2012)[2][3]
Monette/Horwitz Award (2001)[4]
Guggenheim Foundation (1996)
Website
www.karenfranklin.com

Karen Franklin is an American forensic psychologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area who has researched the psychology of violence.[5][6][7][8] Her publications have investigated the psychological basis for anti-gay hate crimes, hebephilia, and sex crimes. She has received a number of awards, including the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award in Psychology[3] and the Monette-Horwitz Trust Award in 2001.[4]

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.[9] She received her PhD in 1997 from the California School of Professional Psychology.[9] 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.[9]

Franklin formerly worked as a criminal investigator for death penalty cases, which sparked her interest in forensic psychology.[10] In her forensic psychology practice, she conducts competency evaluations, risk assessment, and mental state exams for criminal defendants, particularly sex offenders as well as defendants facing possible execution.[11] Franklin has served as an expert witness in criminal trials.[12] 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.[7][13][14]

Research

Franklin's research focuses on issues such as the psychological basis for anti-gay hate crimes,[13][14][15][16] hebephilia,[17][18] and the interpersonal dynamics of gang rape.[19] In addition, she published articles on subjects such as ethics in forensics issues,[7][20] whether child molesters could outsmart tests,[21] criminal justice decisions,[7] false confessions,[22] the nature of psychopathy,[23][24] and other topics in forensic psychology. Her analysis of hate crimes identified four main motives: ideology, thrill seeking, peer dynamics and perceived self-defense;[25][26] she elaborated that "offenders perceive that they have societal permission to engage in violence against homosexuals."[15] She presented her paper Psychosocial Motivations of Hate Crimes Perpetrators to a congressional hearing in 1998.[27] 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.[28] 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.[19] 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."[19] She spoke about psychopathy:

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We need not understand a criminal's troubled past or environmental influences. We need not reach out a hand to help him along a pathway to redemption. The psychopath is irredeemable, a dangerous outsider who must be contained or banished.

— Karen Franklin in 2013[24]

Franklin questioned whether childhood behaviors such as a history of abusing animals, or setting fires, or bedwetting, sometimes called the homicidal triad, were good predictors of future psychopathic behavior; she claimed that they were less effective than commonly thought.[29]

Franklin's forensic research has been published in Behavioral Sciences and the Law,[30] American Behavioral Scientist,[31][32] Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice,[33] Sexuality Research and Social Policy, the Journal of Interpersonal Violence,[34][35] and others, as well as in popular magazines such as Psychology Today.[36]

References

  1. ↑ doi: 10.1177/088626000015004001, J Interpers Violence April 2000 vol. 15 no. 4 339-362
  2. ↑ Note: in psychology
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Miranda A.H Horvath, Jessica Woodhams, (editors), 2013, Routledge Publishers, Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape: A multidisciplinary response to an international problem, Karen Franklin, Accessed July 27, 2014, (see page ix:) "She received the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award in Psychology...."
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 2001 awards, Monette Horwitz Trust, 2001 Awards, Accessed July 27, 2014
  5. ↑ 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..."
  6. ↑ 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. ..."
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 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 ..."
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  11. ↑ 2014, The Guardian, Karen Franklin, Accessed July 26, 2014, "...Karen Franklin is an award-winning researcher, professor and forensic psychologist in the San Francisco Bay area ... evaluation of criminal defendants.."
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 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..."
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 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 .."
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  17. ↑ 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: ..."
  18. ↑ 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..."
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ 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...."
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ 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, "...Karen Franklin, PhD is an award-winning forensic psychologist .."
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  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  25. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  26. ↑ 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...."
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  28. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  29. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  30. ↑ Behavioral Sciences and the Law, Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) doi:10.1002/bsl.934
  31. ↑ doi:10.1177/0002764202046001010
  32. ↑ Karen Franklin, Enacting Masculinity: Antigay Violence and Group Rape as Participatory Theater]". Sexuality Research and Social Policy: Journal of NSRC 1: 25–20. doi:10.1525/srsp.2004.1.2.25.
  33. ↑ Malingering as a Dichotomous Variable: Case Report on an Insanity Defendant", Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice. Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 95–107.
  34. ↑ Antigay Behaviors by Young Adults: Prevalence, Patterns and Motivators in a Noncriminal Population". Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 15 No. 4
  35. ↑ Unassuming Motivations: Contextualizing the Narratives of Antigay Assailants", Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 15 No. 4
  36. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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