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Y2: Psychology: Criminal: Psychological Case Formulation

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This flashcard set explains the two main components of psychological case formulation: offence analysis and treatment planning. It details how crimes are broken down to understand offender behavior, assess risk, and guide effective intervention using methods like psychometric testing and interviews.

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What are the 2 parts of case formulation?

1) Offence analysis

2) case formulation

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What are the 2 parts of case formulation?

1) Offence analysis

2) case formulation

Describe what happens in the first stage of psychological case formulation.


  • The crime committed is analysed by breaking it down into what happened and why

  • The behaviour of the offender is also ana...

What methods are used in offence analysis?

  • Psychometric testing

- Interviewing

Describe what happens in the second stage of psychological case formulation.

  • Case formulation helps to form the most effective treatment plan for the offender

  • What methods are used in case formulation?

    • Psychometric testing

    • Interviewing

    • Using the acronym ‘EACH’, evaluate an ‘evidence’ point.

      P - McKnight et al (1984) supports
      E - Found that case formulations were able to predict which treatments would be ef...

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Y2: Psychology: Criminal: Psychological Case Formulation
TermDefinition

What are the 2 parts of case formulation?

1) Offence analysis

2) case formulation

Describe what happens in the first stage of psychological case formulation.


  • The crime committed is analysed by breaking it down into what happened and why

  • The behaviour of the offender is also analysed

  • It provides insight into the offender’s thinking

  • It also looks at how likely the offender is to re-offend, what intervention they would benefit from, and their risk to themselves and society

What methods are used in offence analysis?

  • Psychometric testing

- Interviewing

Describe what happens in the second stage of psychological case formulation.

  • Case formulation helps to form the most effective treatment plan for the offender

  • Helps to educate the offender on their issues

  • In the report of treatability, likelihood of re-offending, and risk assessment it considers vulnerabilities of the offender such as mental health

  • There is no standardised approach to this however the HCPC guidelines provide some structure that can increase this

  • They tend to be brief providing coherent information that is supported by data

What methods are used in case formulation?

  • Psychometric testing

  • Interviewing

  • Secondary data from previous similar cases

  • The history of the offender

Using the acronym ‘EACH’, evaluate an ‘evidence’ point.

P - McKnight et al (1984) supports
E - Found that case formulations were able to predict which treatments would be effective
E - Therefore demonstrating the accuracy of case formulation and its predictions

Using the acronym ‘EACH’, evaluate 2 ‘how’ points.

P - High validity
E - Data focuses on the behaviour of the offender with treatability, risk assessment and recidivism
E - Therefore provides holistic and in-depth video of the offender due to the qualitative data gathered
P - Low validity
E - Data gathered is self-report and relies upon the offender being able to remember the crime
E - Therefore there may be elements of social desirability and unreliability of memory that affects accuracy of data due to being subjective

Are there any applications?

P - Yes
E - Case formulation is beneficial to an offender as it aims to treat and educate them on their issues to help return them to society
E - And so may help to reduce likelihood of re-offending

Using the acronym ‘EACH’, evaluate 2 ‘criticisms’ points.

P - Limited
E - Some individuals may have a disorder that is unknown to them and therefore goes unreported, such as XYY syndrome
E - This limits the range of information the psychologist can access
P - Hard to assess effectiveness
E - Formulation is not standardised and is based on the interpretation of the psychologist
E - Therefore we can’t make accurate comparisons due to the element of subjectivity