University:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Course:
PSY 421 | Forensic Social and Experimental Psychology
Academic year:

2023
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245

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1
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Dealing with Hearing Voices: Education in model of hearing voices as misattributed inner speech. Identity fluctuations in voice activity, develop and build simple coping strategies to increase sense of control. Identify problematic beliefs about voices and elicit evidence for these beliefs. Challenge beliefs about voices, by looking for alternative explanations, the strength of the evidence, reality testing experiments. Treatment approaches to sexual offending: Education in model of offending (wanting to offend, giving self-permission, creating situation, overcoming the victim). Increasing self-awareness of thoughts, feelings and situations that increase the risk of offending, including seemingly irrelevant decisions. Addressing cognitive distortions and building victim empathy. Developing coping strategies to deal with high risk situations. BUT treatment may do more harm than good (Mews et al. 2017). Assessment: Aim of the assessment if to develop a formulation. Interview -Psychometric tests Observations File review Assessment Two distinct approaches: Clinical approach - based on clinical judgement, experience of individual Statistical/actuarial approach assessment of scores on standardised tests known to be carried with recidivism. Interpretation of large datasets. Based on shared characteristics of other offenders committing similar offences. Recidivism risk assessment.