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Capella University Treating Female Psychopathic Offenders Presentation

Capella University Treating Female Psychopathic Offenders Presentation

Capella University Treating Female Psychopathic Offenders Presentation

Treating Female Offenders

COMPETENCIES ADDRESSED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT
  • Competency 1: Analyze environmental adjustment challenges faced by offenders.
  • Competency 2: Assess intervention techniques that impact offender’s ability to function within corrections or community-based settings.
  • Competency 3: Apply communication skills to influence offender’s behavior in a correctional setting.
  • Competency 4: Determine appropriate levels of intervention in corrections or community-based settings.
  • Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with the expectations for members of the corrections and criminal justice professions.

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OVERVIEW

Any corrections textbook you read will discuss what is termed special offender populations, which include sex offenders, the mentally ill, the elderly, and women.

Regardless of the causes, you learned in the unit readings that female offenders have unique needs. These needs can vary from specialized health care, custody issues, substance abuse, or mental health responses. Female inmates are more likely than male prisoners to have substance abuse issues, and depression is the most commonly diagnosed disorder among female inmates.

In the last 30 years, the number of women offenders has risen dramatically. According to your course text, female incarceration rates rose 757 percent between 1977 and 2004. This alarming spike is not attributable to an increase of violence or criminal behavior in women; low-income, minority women are disproportionately swept into a web of correctional remedies driven by widespread public-policy changes.

In your capacity as a correctional counselor, you have been asked by your supervisor to conduct a presentation to coworkers and staff on women offenders at River Valley State Women’s Prison based on an inmate counseling session. To prepare for this presentation, review the Riverbend City: Individual Therapy in Prison simulation (linked in Resources) and focus on the Individual Counseling Session tab.

INSTRUCTIONS

This assignment is a PowerPoint presentation suitable for presentation to the correctional staff.

PowerPoint Presentation

Prepare a 6–12 slide PowerPoint overview of female offenders and correctional counseling appropriate for corrections professionals.

  • Compare the intervention needs of female and male offenders.
  • Explain why addiction treatment for female offenders should be approached differently from that for male offenders.
  • Explain how counselors screen for trauma in an assessment.
  • Identify the primary needs of an offender during an assessment.
  • Describe the techniques counselors use to help motivate an offender toward change.
  • Recommend a gender-responsive intervention program for a female offender.