Franca Cortoni

Cortoni, F. (2022). Women convicted of violent offenses. In Barker, J., & Tavcer, D. S. (Eds.). Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective – 3rd Ed. Emond Montgomery.

Cortoni, F. & Stefanov, G. (2020). Female Sexual Offenders. In Proulx, J., Cortoni, F., Craig, L. A., & Letourneau, E. J. (Eds.), Handbook of What Works with Sexual Offenders. Contemporary Perspectives in Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. (2019). Female sexual offenders: Patterns and explanations. In Morgan, R. D. (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage Publication.

Cortoni, F. (2019). Female sexual offenders. In Morgan, R. D. (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Criminal Psychology. Sage Publication.

Cortoni, F. & Fontaine, N. M. G. (2018). Interventions with female offenders. In Davies, G. & Beech, A. R. (Eds). Forensic Psychology: Crime, Justice, Law, Interventions, 3rd Ed. Wiley.

Robitaille, M.-P., & Cortoni, F. (2018). Violent women offenders. In Barker, J. & Tavcer, D. S. (Ed.). Women and the Criminal Justice System: A Canadian Perspective, 2nd Edition. Emond Montgomery.

Cortoni, F., Beech, A.R., & Craig, L.A. (2017). Sexual offenders. In Browne, K. D., Beech, A. R., Craig, L.A., & Chou, S. (Eds.), Assessments in forensic practice: A handbook. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. & Vanderstukken, O. (2017). L’évaluation des besoins de traitement. Dans Cortoni, F., & Pham, T. (eds.), Traité de l'agression sexuelle. Théories explicatives, évaluation et traitements des agresseurs sexuels. Mardaga.

Cortoni, F. & Desfachelles, M. (2017). Les femmes auteures d’agressions sexuelles. In Cortoni, F., & Pham, T. (eds.), Traité de l'agression sexuelle. Théories explicatives, évaluation et traitements des agresseurs sexuels. Mardaga. 

Cortoni, F., & Gannon, T. (2016). Understanding female sexual offenders. In Ward, T., & Beech, A. R. (Eds). Theories of Sexual Offending. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F., & Gannon, T.A. (2016). The assessment of female sexual offenders. In Craig, L. A. & Rettenberger, M. (Eds). Assessment of Sexual Offenders. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. (2016). Treatment of female sexual offenders. In Marshall, L. E. & Marshall, W. L. (Eds.). Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. & Gannon, T.A. (2016). Female Sexual Offenders: An Overview. In Phenix, A., & Hoberman, H. M. (Eds.), Sexual Offending: Predisposing Antecedents, Assessments and Management. Springer. 

Pflugradt, D. & Cortoni, F. (2015). Women who sexually offend: A case study. In Wilcox, D. T., Garrett, T., & Harkings, L. (Eds.), Sex Offender Treatment: A Case Study Approach to Issues and Interventions. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. (2014). Working with women who sexually offend. In Carich, M., & Mussack, S. (Eds.), Handbook of Sexual Offending. Safer Society Press. 

Craig, L., Beech, A.R. & Cortoni, F. (2013). What works in assessing risk in sexual and violent offenders. In Craig, L. A., Dixon, L. & Gannon, T. A., (Eds.) What Works in Offender Rehabilitation: An Evidence Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment. Wiley-Balckwell.

Cortoni, F. & Robitaille, M. P. (2013). La violence et les femmes. In Cusson, M., Guay, S., Proulx, J., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Traité des violences criminelles. Les questions posées par la violence, les réponses de la science. Hurtubise.

Cortoni, F. & Longpré, N. (2013). Comprendre la psychologie du comportement violent. In Cusson, M., Guay, S., Proulx, J., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Traité des violences criminelles. Les questions posées par la violence, les réponses de la science. Hurtubise.

Polaschek, D. & Cortoni, F. (2013). Le traitement des délinquants violents. In Cusson, M., Guay, S., Proulx, J., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Traité des violences criminelles. Les questions posées par la violence, les réponses de la science. Hurtubise.

Cortoni, F. & Pham, T. (2013). Évaluation et traitement des agresseurs sexuels. In Cusson, M., Guay, S., Proulx, J., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Traité des violences criminelles. Les questions posées par la violence, les réponses de la science. Hurtubise.

Cortoni, F. & Gannon, T. A. (2013). What works with female sexual offenders. In Craig, L. A., Dixon, L., & Gannon, T. A. (Eds.) What Works in Offender Rehabilitation: An Evidence Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment. Wiley-Balckwell.

Cortoni, F., & Gannon, T.A. (2011). Female Sexual Offenders. In Boer, D. P., Eher, R., Craig, L. A., Miner, M., & Phafflin, F. (Eds.), International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: Theory, Practice and Research. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F., Craig, L.A. & Beech, A.R. (2010). Risk assessment of sexual offenders. In Herzog-Evans, M., & Dréan- Rivette, I. (Éds.). Transnational Criminology Manual. Wolf Legal Publisher.

Cortoni, F. & Longpré, N. (2010). Est-ce que les traitements pour les agresseurs sexuels sont efficaces pour réduire la récidive? In Lafortune, D., Poupart, J., & Tanner, S. (eds.). Questions de criminologie. Presse de l'Université de Montréal.

Cortoni, F., Anderson, D., & Bright, D. (2010). Locus of control, coping and sexual offenders. In Schwartz, B. A. & Cellini, C. (eds.), Handbook of sex offender treatment. Civic Research Institute.

Wilson, R.J., Picheca, J.E., McWhinnie, A.J., & Cortoni, F. (2010). Circles of Support and Accountability: Engaging the community in sexual offender management. In Schwartz, B.A. & Cellini, C. (eds.), Handbook of sex offender treatment. Civic Research Institute.

Gannon, T.A., & Cortoni, F. (2010). Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. An introduction. In Gannon, T. A. & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. Wiley-Blackwell.

Rousseau, M.M., & Cortoni, F. (2010). The Mental Health Needs of Female Sexual Offenders. In Gannon, T. A., & Cortoni, F. (Eds.), Female sexual offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. (2010). The Assessment of Female Sexual Offenders. In Gannon, T. A., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. Wiley-Blackwell.

Gannon, T.A., Rose, M.R., & Cortoni, F. (2010). Developments in Female Sexual Offending and Considerations for Future Research and Treatment. In Gannon, T. A., & Cortoni, F. (eds.), Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment. Wiley-Blackwell.

Cortoni, F. (2010). Female sexual offenders: A special sub-group. In Harrison, K. (ed.). Dealing with high-risk sex offenders in the community: risk management, treatment and social responsibilities. Willan Publishing.

Cortoni, F. (2009). Violence and women offenders. In Barker, J. (ed.). Women and the Criminal Justice System : A Canadian Perspective. Emond Montgomery.

Cortoni, F. (2008). Factors associated with sexual recidivism. In Beech, A. R., Craig, L. A., & Browne, K. D. (eds.). Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: A Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Cortoni, F. (2008). Managing risk through effective correctional rehabilitation. In Yang, V., & Wang, P. (eds.) Risk Assessment & Risk Management: A Canadian Criminal Justice Perspective. China Procuracy Publishing House.

Lussier, P. & Cortoni, F. (2008). The development of antisocial behaviour and sexual offending: Theoretical, empirical and clinical implications. In Schwartz, B.A. & Cellini, C. (Éd.), The Sex Offender, Volume 6. Civic Research Institute.

Ford, H. & Cortoni, F. (2008). Sexual deviance in females: Assessment and treatment. In Laws, D. R., & O’Donohue, W. (eds.). Sexual Deviance, 2e Edition. Guilford Press.

Cortoni, F. & Carich, M.S. (2007). The how and why of building coping skills in treatment. In Prescott, D. (Ed.), Applying Knowledge to Practice: Challenges in the Treatment and Supervision of Sexual Abusers. Wood'N'Barnes.

Cortoni, F. & Nunes, K.L. (2007). Recherche sur l’efficacité du traitement chez les délinquants sexuels. In Tardif, M. (ed.). L'Agression Sexuelle : Coopérer au-delà des frontières. Cifas-Institut Philippe Pinel de Montréal.

Denov. M. & Cortoni, F. (2006). Women who sexually abuse children. In Hilarski, C., & Wodarski, J. (eds.), Comprehensive Mental Health Services with Sex Offenders and their Families. Haworth Press.

Latrille, H., Cortoni, F., Stefanov, G., & Proulx, J. (2023). Therapeutic change in adolescents sexual offenders. European Review of Applied Psychology, 73(3), 100810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erap.2022.100810

Olver, M. E., Mundt, J. C., Hogan, N. R., Coupland, R., Eggert, J. E., Higgs, T., ... & Wong, S. C. (2022). Assessing dynamic violence risk: Common language risk levels and recidivism rates for the Violence Risk Scale. Psychological assessment, 34(6), 528. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001116

Higgs, T., Allard, V., & Cortoni, F. (2021). Les interventions cognitivo-comportementale appliquées aux hommes reconnus coupables d’infraction sexuelle. Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique et scientifique, 21, 233-252.

Paquette, S., & Cortoni, F. (2021). Offence-supportive cognitions, atypical sexuality, problematic self-regulation, and perceived anonymity among online and contact sexual offenders against children. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, 2173-2187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-020-01863-z

Marshall, E., Miller, H. A., Cortoni, F., & Helmus, L. M. (2021). The Static-99R is not valid for women: Predictive validity in 739 females who have sexually offended. Sexual Abuse, 33(6), 631-653. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063220940303

Higgs, T., Olver, M. E., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2020). Risk relevance of psychometric assessment in high-risk violent offenders. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 25(2), 219-236. https://doi.org/10.1111/lcrp.12173

Paquette, S., & Cortoni, F. (2022). Offense-supportive cognitions expressed by men who use Internet to sexually exploit children: A thematic analysis. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 66(6-7), 647-669. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X20905757

Paquette, S., Longpre, N., & Cortoni, F. (2020). A billion distorted thoughts: An exploratory study of criminogenic cognitions among men who sexually exploit children over the Internet. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 64(10-11), 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19873082

Paquette, S., & Cortoni, F. (2020). The development and validation of the Cognitions of Internet Sexual Offending (C-ISO) Scale. Sexual Abuse, 32(8), 907-930. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063219862281

Higgs, T., Cortoni, F., & Nunes, K. (2019). Reducing violence risk? Some positive recidivism outcomes for Canadian treated high-risk offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 46, 359-373. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854818808830

Pettersen, C., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2018). The factor structure of the Aggression Questionnaire with violent offenders. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 62(7), 1888-1905. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17691242

Desfachelles, M., & Cortoni, F. (2017). Les femmes qui agressent sexuellement en compagnie de leur conjoint: trajectoires de vie. Criminologie, 50(2), 33-54. https://doi.org/10.7202/1041697ar

Cortoni, F., Babchishin, K. M., & Rat, C. (2017). The proportion of sexual offenders who are female is higher than thought: A meta-analysis. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 44(2), 145-162. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854816658923

Pettersen, C., Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2016). Does the factor structure of the aggression questionnaire hold for sexual offenders?. Criminal justice and behavior, 43(6), 811-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854815618692

Giguère, G., Savard, D., & Cortoni, F. (2015). Une étude métrologique des items du Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) avec la contribution de la théorie classique des tests chez les personnes contrevenantes du Québec. Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale, 57, 293-329. 

Cortoni, F., Sandler, J. C., & Freeman, N. J. (2015). Women convicted of promoting prostitution of a minor are different from women convicted of traditional sexual offenses: A brief research report. Sexual Abuse, 27(3), 324-334. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063214554959

Cortoni, F. (2015). What is so special about female sexual offenders? Introduction to the special issue on female sexual offenders. Sexual Abuse, 27(3), 232-234. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063214564392

Paquette, S., Cortoni, F., Proulx, J., & Longpre, N. (2014). An examination of implicit theories among francophone child molesters. Journal of sexual aggression, 20(2), 182-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2013.798689

Robitaille, M. P., & Cortoni, F. (2014). La pensée des femmes violentes: Les théories implicites liées au comportement violent. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 46(2), 175. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034220

Hermann, C. A., Babchishin, K. M., Nunes, K. L., Leth-Steensen, C., & Cortoni, F. (2012). Factor structure of the bumby rape scale: A two-factor model. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 39(7), 869-886. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854812436802

Cortoni, F., & Gannon, T. A. (2011). Special issue on female sexual offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 17(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2010.544908

Nunes, K. L., Babchishin, K. M., & Cortoni, F. (2011). Measuring treatment change in sex offenders: Clinical and statistical significance. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 38(2), 157-173. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854810391054

Cortoni, F., Hanson, R. K., & Coache, M. È. (2010). The recidivism rates of female sexual offenders are low: A meta-analysis. Sexual Abuse, 22(4), 387-401. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063210372142

Nunes, K. L., Cortoni, F., & Serin, R. C. (2010). Screening offenders for risk of drop‐out and expulsion from correctional programmes. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 15(2), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1348/135532508X401887

Cortoni, F., Hanson R. K., & Coache, M. E. (2009). Les délinquantes sexuelles : prévalence et récidive, Revue Internationale de Criminologie et de Police Technique et Scientifique, 62(4), 319-336.

Rossegger, A., Wetli, N., Urbaniok, F., Elbert, T., Cortoni, F., & Endrass, J. (2009). Women convicted for violent offenses: Adverse childhood experiences, low level of education and poor mental health. BMC psychiatry, 9(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-9-81

Wilson, R. J., Cortoni, F., & McWhinnie, A. J. (2009). Circles of support & accountability: A Canadian national replication of outcome findings. Sexual Abuse, 21(4), 412-430. https://doi.org/10.1177/1079063209347724

Cortoni, F., Hanson, R.K., & Coache, M.E. (2009). Les délinquantes sexuelles : prévalence et récidive. Revue internationale de criminologie et de police technique et scientifique, 62(4), 319-336.

Cortoni, F., & Lafortune, D. (2009). Le traitement correctionnel fondé sur des données probantes: une recension. Criminologie, 42(1), 61-89. https://doi.org/10.7202/029808ar

Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2008). Dropout from sex-offender treatment and dimensions of risk of sexual recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35(1), 24-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093854807309037

Wilson, R. J., McWhinnie, A., Picheca, J. E., Prinzo, M., & Cortoni, F. (2007). Circles of support and accountability: engaging community volunteers in the management of high‐risk sexual offenders. The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 46(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2007.00450.x

Cortoni, F. (2013, february). Prévenir la récidive : Les programmes correctionnels. Ministère de la Justice, France.

Wilson, R.J., Cortoni, F., Pcheca, J., & Nunes, K.L. (2009. april). Community-based sexual offender maintenance treatment programming : An evaluation. Service correctionnel Canada.

Wilson, R.J., Cortoni, F., & Vermani, M. (2007). Circles of Support and Accountability: A national replication of outcome findings. Service correctionnel Canada.

Nunes, K.L., & Cortoni, F. (2007). Assessing treatment change in sexual offenders. Service correctionnel Canada.

Cortoni, F. & Nunes, K.L. (2007). Assessing the effectiveness of the National Sex Offender Program. Service correctionnel Canada.

Cortoni, F., Nunes, K.L., & Latendresse, M. (2006). Examen de l’efficacité du Programme de prévention de la violence. Service correctionnel Canada.

Nunes, K.L., & Cortoni, F. (2006). Évaluation du risque de décrochage ou de renvoi chez les délinquants qui participent à des programmes correctionnels. Service correctionnel Canada.

Nunes, K. L., & Cortoni, F. (2006). L'hétérogénéité des délinquants ayant abandonné leur traitement. Service correctionnel Canada.