UVR&TA Week 11 Discussion

To prepare:

• Review Bamford (2019) “Female Sexual Sadism,” in the Learning Resources.
• Review the APA multicultural guidelines in “Multicultural guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality, 2017,” in the Learning Resources.
• Review the APA “Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality, 2017.”

Post a response to the following:

• Given that the solicitor requested an assessment of risk and progress, as well as a personality disorder assessment, and recommendations for further treatment and/or progression, please explain why the following assessments were used:
  • Paulhus Deception Scale (PDS)
  • Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS-11)
  • International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE)
  • Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-IV (MCMI-IV
  • Historical-Clinical-Risk management – Version 3 (HCR-20v3)
• Explain if the chosen assessment instruments were appropriate for female sexual offenders.
• Indicate if there are any female-specific factors outlined for each assessment instrument and provide evidence to support your claim.
• Please choose two guidelines from the APA “Multicultural Guidelines: An Ecological Approach to Context, Identity, and Intersectionality, 2017” that may be challenging for you when assessing female sexual offenders and explain your biases and how you would overcome them.

Note: Your posts should be substantial (500 words minimum), supported with scholarly evidence from your research and/or the Learning Resources, and properly cited using APA style.