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methodology: case formulation Flashcards

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state 6 characteristics / purposes of a case formulation

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  • make sense of problems
  • identify dynamic risk factors
  • create a detailed analysis of behaviour
  • design effective treatment
  • safety plan
  • regularly review treatment
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what is phase 1?

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offender analysis

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what is the purpose of offender analysis?

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  • provides a risk assessment
  • helps to understand the likelihood of recidivism
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what is offence paralleling behaviour?

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  • any behaviour linked to the crime which happens before or after it
  • the way a person was functioning at the time of a crime
  • eg mental illness or life events such as losing a job
  • or external motivation such as being in a gang
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what are criminogenic factors?

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the cause or likely cause of behaviours

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summarise the steps of phase 1: offender analysis

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  • understand cause of offence/overview of past
  • when (physical and life timeline)
  • who (victims/relationship)
  • what (anticedent, behaviour, consequence)
  • why (internal and external motivation)
  • uses a flow diagram
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why is a flow diagram used for offence analysis?

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simplifies complexity

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describe the flow diagram in an offence analysis

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  • early experience
  • dysfunctional assumption due to this
  • critical incident/trigger
  • negative automatic thought
  • symptoms
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what is phase 2?

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understanding the offender

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what is the purpose of understanding the offender?

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psychological underpinning of behaviour and linking to a theory

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summarise the steps of phase 2: understanding the offender

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  • plan best/worst case scenarios
  • understand potential victims and levels of harm
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what is phase 3?

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applying treatment

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describe the steps of phase 3: applying treatment

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  • establish treatment for offender
  • reflect on how they started, presence of mental illness and risk of reoffence
  • later reassessed
  • use of HCPC guidelines eg remain unbiased, maintain quality of practise and maintain confidentiality
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- methodology criticism 1

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  • qualitative data
  • gathered at a clinical interview done by multiple people so open to subjectivity
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- methodology criticism 2

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  • retrospective data
  • memory is easily distorted for offence analysis
  • could be unreliable
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16
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- reliability

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  • no standardised procedure
  • unique offenders
  • cannot be replicated
  • only measures recidivism so not fully accurate
17
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- validity

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  • treatment may not be working
  • social desirability suggests it is as offenders want to be released
18
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- opposing study 1

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Schult
- therapies are effective
- case formulation adds nothing so is a waste of time

19
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what is a weakness of using case formulation?
- opposing study 2

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Capretta
- social desirability showed batterers improved but recidivism rates didn’t decrease

20
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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- application compliment

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  • reduces recidivism
  • improves offenders life
  • ensures most effective treatment chosen for complex crimes
21
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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- validity 1

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  • objective data
  • free from bias
22
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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- validity 2

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  • holistic
  • considers gender and culture
23
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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- supporting study 1

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McKnight
- effective in treatment prediction

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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- supporting study 2

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Whitehead
- Mr C developed new sense of identity and prevented relapse

25
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what is a strength of using case formulation?
- supporting study 3

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Berry
- must be unbiased in order to be successful
- increase meetings between staff and offender to do this

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