formulations Flashcards
mission statement of CJS
punish offender ensure offenders do something to make up for their cime
what is a formulation
understand offender and assess risk of capability of re-offending behaviour
consider whether or not an offender would suit a treatment programme and whats suitabke
phase 1 offence analysis
understand nature of crime- process of looking and researching similar offences- and draw conclusions from diff offenders which are contingencies they have insight into what motivated them, assess risk of reoffending and causes can be removed
phase 2 understanding the function of offending
what purpose does the offending behaviour serve to the individual or what motivates the offender
phase3 application to treatment
est a form of treatment or intervention
what does idiosyncratic mean
concept of focusing on an individual and their specific needs
ao1 for formulations
create hypotheses or prediction about what has led to someone criminal behaviour and why they may continue
short and focus on key features synopsis of persons life
offenders past and present relationships as well as social and econmic circumstances
reoffending likelihood and treatment
hcpc guideline
practise safely and effectively within their scope of practise
practise as an autonomous professional
understand application of psych in legal system
application and integreation of a range of theoretical perspectives on socially and individually damaging behaviours
strengths of formulations
easy to complete and simply complexities of info and make decisions abt indi future
brings together work and insight of many agencies and prof in cjs so pooling expertise
explaining to ind to offenders themselves about their own behaviour and how their own individual circumstances contributed to crime
weakness of formulations
not truthful about behaviour social desirability or not remember so info gathered is unreliable
info from other agencies incomplete or contradictory so hard to reco a good programme
info may be missing eg head injury reducing effectiveness
not valid reflection of the effectiveness as offending can go undetected