Psychopathology and Criminality Individual Assignment #4

Unit 4 Individual Project Grading Criteria

(200 points)

Content (150 points):

Question 1 (50 points)

Question 2 (50 points)

Question 3 (50 points)

Organization (25 points):

Clarity and conciseness of thought, minimum page length

APA Formatting (12.5 points) :

Title page with Running head, page numbers, 12-pt. Times New Roman or

Arial font, 1” margins, spacing, in-text citations, and References (minimum of

three peer-reviewed, scholarly sources)

Mechanics (12.5 points) :

Grammar, spelling/word usage, punctuation

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Please be advised that I have made modifications to the Unit 4 Individual Project. Papers not adhering to the below instructions are subject to a point deduction.  Thank you.

Scenario:

You are the senior member of a two-man hostage negotiation team for a maximum security facility in the Northeast. You and partner are called to a cell block where an inmate, identified as Alfredo Albondigas, has taken two facilities maintenance personnel and a fellow corrections officer hostage. He is claiming that there are aliens from another planet living in his cell block and demanding that they leave immediately. He has given an ultimatum that if he does not see the flying saucer leaving the exercise yard area in 2 hours, he will kill the maintenance personnel that he has taken hostage because he knows that they are giving signals to the aliens about him and the other inmates.

Mr. Albondigas is armed with a handmade knife and has his head wrapped in aluminum foil. The corrections entry reaction team (CERT) working with you has a green light to kill Mr. Albondigas, but there are no current opportunities presenting themselves. You have managed to get a throw phone into Mr. Albondigas, and you have direct phone communication with him. Also, because of the phone’s design, when he hangs up, you can still hear what is going on in the room. He has not hurt the maintenance personnel so far, but he is using the corrections officer as a translator to speak to the maintenance personnel, as if the maintenance personnel were not speaking English but some alien tongue.

This scenario may seem humorous because it is fictional but, if it were real, it would be very serious for both the hostages and Mr. Albondigas. 

Address ONLY the following questions in a 5-7 page position paper. 

· Explain IN DETAIL the mental state of the offender (using examples from the scenario)

· Describe IN DETAIL the 2 most likely DSM-5 or DSM-IV-TR mental illnesses that are affecting Mr. Albondigas

· Discuss IN DETAIL your diagnostic rationale

***Refer to either the DSM-IV-TR or DSM-5 and properly cite your source

NOTE: Of course, be sure to support your ideas and assertions with the proper citations and References.