28 Dec Explain how the theoretical

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 What are some of the organizational differences between correctional mental health delivery systems? Why is an understanding of these differences important? Is there any particular delivery system that appeals to you more than others?

DQ2 One of the purposes of incarceration is incapacitation. Incapacitation is the concept that threats to the community are removed through a period of incarceration. So how can we appropriately balance the goal of incapacitation with the role of reintegration that correctional facilities must play? Are these two goals so juxtaposed that correctional facilitates can do neither goal appropriately? Access and read the GCU Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work. Explain how might a person with the Christian worldview approach the balance of the goal of incapacitation with the role of reintegration.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 What are considered suicide risk factors? How might these factors be exacerbated in a correctional facility? What constructive measures can be taken by correctional facilities administrators to curb suicide?

DQ2 Analyze if inmates should be able to refuse mental health treatment. Currently, when may an inmate be forced to be provided mental health treatment? How could you fashion a treatment plan for noncompliant suicidal inmate? Justify your answers with scholarly research.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Should prisoners with a history of opiate dependence be offered opiate replacement therapy while incarcerated? Why or why not?

DQ2 What are the ethical considerations of prescribing psychotropic medications for psychotic individuals? What are the risks of inmates taking these medications? How can prison officials reduce these risks when it appears that an inmate could benefit from psychotropic medications? How might prison officials encourage an atmosphere of compliance with such a program?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Critics argue that some types of prison labor take away from free market enterprise. Should we be concerned with prison labor being a form of low cost labor that does not assist offenders in vocational rehabilitation but rather hinders capitalist markets?

DQ2 How does vocational rehabilitation promote change in inmate behavior? How can mental health treatment be incorporated into a vocational rehabilitation setting?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Are female psychologists better suited to treat female offenders? Explain why based on the role a psychologist should play.

DQ2 Should female offenders receive the same program and service opportunities that male offenders receive, or are there any significant, substantive differences between men and women that warrant the provision of different services? If different services were provided, would this violate the equal protection clause of the 5th or 14th Amendment?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Dependent on the jurisdiction some juvenile criminal records may be sealed or expunged with relative ease. Considering that some juvenile offenses can be particularly egregious should juveniles be able to seal or expunge their records. What should be the limits of their ability to seal or expunge records?

DQ2 The psychologist/mental health professional must sometimes walk a fine line between the best interests of a juvenile offender and the desires of his or her parent or guardian. How can a psychologist/mental health professional develop a mutually beneficial agreement for a juvenile offender and parents or guardians? What pitfalls might exist for a psychologist/mental health professional placed into such a situation?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Some people do not want to comply with societal behavioral norms. This may be exasperated in a correctional setting. How can a mental health professional be able to assist in changing anti-social behavior of disruptive inmates? How effective would these methods be in the face of irrational behavior?

DQ2 What special considerations must be made with an inmate who self-injures? What role can a psychologist or other mental health provider play to curb self-injury by inmates?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 Generally speaking, the public favors punishment instead of rehabilitation. As professionals in the field, what can we do to foster an environment that encourages forgiveness of offenders? Can we utilize our individual faith in encouraging a shift in this public paradigm? After reading the GCU Statement on the Integration of Faith and Work, explain how Christians feel about forgiveness and restoration. What might a professional with the Christian worldview do to foster an environment that encourages forgiveness and rehabilitation of offenders?

DQ2 Consider the growing American incarceration complex. With such an investment in incarceration, what place does rehabilitation have in the future? How may the American prison system encourage and fund rehabilitation efforts when that is not the primary focus?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 1 Assignment

Coercive Treatment Essay

In 500-750 words, do the following:

Define coercive treatment in your own words.

Analyze whether coercive treatment in a correctional setting as an effective means of altering criminal behavior.

Assess other options to alter criminal behavior in the correctional community setting.

Provide three to five peer reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 2 Assignment

Violence Risk Assessment Essay

In 750-1,000 words, consider the case of Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California to answer the following:

Discuss why the case is important to mental health clinicians.

Describe the violence risk assessment instruments a clinician might use to meet the requirements provided for in Tarasoff.

Discuss if a clinician should be held civilly liable for violent behavior of an inmate the clinician assessed.

Provide three to five peer reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 3 Assignment

Psychotropic Medications PowerPoint

Prepare a 12-15-slide PowerPoint presentation on the topic of psychotropic medications. The presentation must include a discussion of the following:

Antipsychotic medication agents

Antidepressant medication agents

Mood stabilizers or antimanic medication agents

Antianxiety medication agents

Medication agents used in the treatment of substance abuse

Mental health therapy in conjunction with the use of medication agents

Criticism of any of the medication agents, including alternative treatments

Provide a minimum of three scholarly resources to support your explanations.

Speaker notes of 75-100 words for each slide are required.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, including an APA formatted title and reference slide, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 4 Assignment

Vocational Rehabilitation Essay

In 750-1,000 words, do the following:

Analyze the substantive differences between a vocational rehabilitation clinician and a standard mental health clinician, include treatment ideology for both.

Describe ethical challenges to treatment that might be encountered by a vocational rehabilitation clinician in a correctional facility. Explain how those ethical challenges can be addressed.

Provide a minimum of three to five peer reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 5 Assignment

Mental Illness in Female Offenders Essay

Prepare an essay of 1,000-1,250 words,

Determine why studies indicate there is a higher level of mental illness in female offenders, including what factors are most significant in the higher rates of mental illness.

Describe treatment plans that exist for a female offender that may be uniquely suited to the female incarceration experience.

Discuss how a psychologist or other mental health professionals can foster positive mother/child relationships when a mother is incarcerated.

Identify appropriate methods for reintegrating female offenders, including how female offenders can be prepared for reintegration with their families and work life.

Provide three to five peer-reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 6 Assignment

Juvenile Offenders Worksheet

Use the attached document “Juvenile Offenders” to complete this assignment.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance

Directions: In 75-100 words, answer the following questions. While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Use scholarly resources to support your explanations.

1. What is the Doctrine of Parens Patriae? Is this an appropriate role for the state to have had or have?

2. What are some of the alternatives to incarceration for a juvenile offender? How effective are these alternatives?

3. What are the requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974?

4. What are the essential components of adequate aftercare planning for a juvenile offender?

5. What is the significance of the case of In Re Gault (1967)?

6. What is an example of a juvenile status offense? Should some of these status offenses be abolished or limited in regard to punishment? Why?

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 7 Assignment

Behavioral Treatment Plan Exercise

This assignment has two parts.

Part 1:

Review the sample behavioral treatment plan provided in the textbook under Table 14.3.

Prepare a similar behavioral treatment plan based on the following individual:

Susan Smithe is a 37-year-old female inmate who is incarcerated for armed robbery. Susan suffers from mental illness. Susan is consistently verbally abusive of prison staff, physically aggressive with other inmates, and self-injures by battering her head, arms, and legs against walls and floors. Her self-injuries often require medical attention. Susan suffers from a fear of being alone and of insects.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Part 2:

In 300-500 words, reflect on why your behavioral treatment plan will benefit Susan Smithe.

The reflection should provide a minimum of two to three peer-reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a scoring guide. Please review the scoring guide prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.

PSY623 Offender Rehabilitation and Reintegration

Week 8 Assignment

Benchmark – Comparing Theoretical Best Practices to Actual Practices

In 1,250-1,500 words, do the following:

Describe some of the theoretical best practices for restorative justice, crime prevention, and corrections.

Explain how the theoretical best practices are, and are not, manifested in current correctional settings in the United States.

Explain different ways to improve rehabilitative services to make them more readily utilized within the criminal justice system, and better aligned to the theoretical best practices you identified.

Provide five to seven peer reviewed resources to support your explanations.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.