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Assessment in Forensic Populations Flashcards

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What are the individual characteristics interested in? (11)

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Social circumstances
Mental health/IQ
Moral reasoning
Deviant interests
Anger and feelings
Addictions
Impulsivity
Personality disorders
Attitudes and thoughts
Guilt, Denial & Minimisation
Risks: re-offending, suicide

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What are the different ways to assess an individual? (3)

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Self- or practitioner report
Objective measures
Observational methods

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What is the self- or practitioner report method to assess an individual? (4)

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Questionnaire
Structured or unstructured interview
Diary
Analysis of case files

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What are the problems with self- or practitioner report method to assess an individual? (4)

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Social desirability
Denial
Bias
Scoring

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What are the objective methods to assess an individual? (2)

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Cognitive and biological tasks

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What are the problems with objective methods to assess an individual? (2)

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Indirect measures
Problems in interpretation

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What are the observational methods to assess an individual? (2)

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CCTV
Confederates

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What are the problems with observational methods to assess an individual? (3)

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Labour intensive
Ethics
Difficulty

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What are the assessment priorities with all offenders? (3)

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Mental Health
Intelligence (IQ)
Risk of re-offending

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What are the assessment priorities with violent offenders? (4)

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Levels of Anger
Experience of violent episodes
Sensational Interests (e.g. martial arts)
Other Psych assessments (e.g. attitudes)

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What are the assessment priorities with sexual offenders? (4)

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Offence details and history
Denial or minimisation
Willingness to treatment
Other Psych assessments (e.g. attitudes)

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What are the factors that predict re-offending? (2)

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Static factors
Dynamic factors

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What are the static factors that predict re-offending? (3)

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Age
Gender
Criminal history

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What are the dynamic factors that predict re-offending? (3)

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Substance abuse
Beliefs
Medication non-compliance: criminogenic risks

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What tools are used to predict re-offending in violent offenders? (2)

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HCR-20 (Webster et al, 1995a) and Violence Prediction Scheme (Webster et al, 1995b) assesses both

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What tools are used to predict re-offending in sexual offenders? (2)

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The SVR-20 (Boer et al, 1997).

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What are the criminogenic needs & risk factors? (15)

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Pro-criminal attitudes, values and beliefs
Not considering consequences of behaviour (impulsivity)
Lack of self-control (impulsivity)
Inadequate socialisation
Pro-criminal friends, family, associates
Restlessness and aggression
Egocentrism
Sensation-seeking & sensational interests (violent / sexual offending)
Poor problem-solving
History of variety in criminal behaviour from young age
Mental disorder and substance abuse in family
Poor parenting
Harsh/inadequate discipline
Neglect
Poor education/career achievement

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How are psychopaths diagnosed? (1)

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PCL-R not via DSM-V or ICD-11

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What are the assessments for deviant sexual interest? (3)

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Penile plethysmography (PPG) seen as ‘gold-standard’ of deviant sexual interest

Increased interest in cognitive tasks as objective measures of deviant sexual interest

Typically, more usually assessment via structured risk assessment such as the SVR-20

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What is profiling and how is it distinguished? (3)

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Inductive (expert skills and knowledge of profiler)
Deductive (Forensic evidence, crime scene, offence-related)
Often distinguished as ‘clinical’ and ‘statistical’

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What are some profiling assumptions? (2)

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Behavioural Consistency
Homology Assumption

22
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What is behavioural consistency? (3)

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That at least some offenders have consistent behavioural traits

These persist from crime to crime, and influence life-style and personality (e.g. that violent offenders lose temper easily).

23
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What is homology assumption? (1)

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That the more similar two offenders are, the more similar will their offences be

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