Karen Franklin, PhD

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• Support the blog

  Thanks to all of my loyal readers and subscribers for your continued support. Subscribers now number many hundreds of forensic practitioners, lawyers, educators, criminologists, researchers, authors and policy advocates from several dozen nations around the world as well as nearly all of the U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Your generous support has been essential in … Continue reading »

• Desistance from sex offending

  Desistance from Sex Offending: Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys by D. Richard Laws and Tony Ward Reviewed in the online journal Open Access Journal of Forensic Psychology If one set out to design an intervention program to encourage criminals to reoffend,what would it look like? It should include the converse of what helps offenders … Continue reading »

• Teaching

  Current position Adjunct professor California School of Professional Psychology Alliant International University San Francisco, California Current and prior courses Forensic Consultation and Expert Witnessing (current) Competency Assessment and Remediation (current) Overview of Clinical Psychology and Law Research Proposal Design Sexual Violence (upper-division and graduate course at San Francisco State University)

• Hebephilia controversy

  Much of my theoretical work involves exploring unspoken messages and biases embedded within forensic psychology paradigms. For this reason, I was fascinated when I first stumbled across the esoteric construct of “hebephilia” back in 2007. It was a made-to-order exemplar for training purposes, to illustrate the ethical pitfalls of psychiatric diagnosis in the forensic arena. … Continue reading »

• Credentials

  Awards Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology, California Psychological Association (2012) Harry Frank Guggenheim Dissertation Fellowship Research and Scholarship Award, Monette/Horwitz Trust Licenses Clinical Psychologist, California (PSY 16570) Clinical Psychologist, Washington (PY 2305) Licensed Private Investigator, California Education Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, San Francisco State University, Summa cum laude Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, California School … Continue reading »

• Media

  Commentary Frequent media commentator on forensic topics Television, radio, and video interviews Guest essays in major media outlets News coverage Hate crime research, multiple-perpetrator rape theory, and other work featured in New York Times, L.A. Times, Boston Globe, PBS, and other venues New York Times Rolling Stone CNN NPR Guardian of UK Reuters USA Today … Continue reading »

• Correctional ethics

  This page was designed as a companion resource to my Ethics Corner column in the March 2011 issue of California Psychologist magazine. It provides background resources for those interested in exploring ethical conundrums in prison and jail settings. The column itself, “Ethics and Captive Populations,” is available HERE. Those who so glibly construct hurtful and … Continue reading »

• Multiple-Perpetrator Rape

  Multiple-perpetrator rape is an astonishingly understudied topic. In the sex offender industry, group rapists are typically lumped together with other types of sex offenders, including solo rapists and pedophiles. This is a big mistake. In many cases, multiple-offender rape has little to do with sex. Rather, it is often a form of cultural theater, in … Continue reading »

• Forensic psychology career

  I often get queries from students interested in pursuing forensic psychology as a career. Here are some thoughts. Forensic psychologists are licensed clinical psychologists who specialize in applying psychological knowledge to legal matters, both in the criminal and civil arenas. Forensic psychology is an emerging sub-discipline of psychology, with its own professional organizations, training programs, … Continue reading »

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  KAREN FRANKLIN, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist, an instructor at the San Francisco Bay Area campus of Alliant International University, and chair of the Ethics & Professional Affairs Committee of the Alameda County Psychological Association. She specializes in the evaluation and treatment of criminal defendants. She was among the first to study the motivations of … Continue reading »