Risk assessment is the process of forensic mental health professionals for determining the risk that a sex offender presents to the community at large.
Tasks:
Using resources from the professional literature, research risk assessment tools used with the sex offender population. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu and .gov).
In a 3- to 4-page paper in a Microsoft Word document, address the following:
Identify two reasons that a forensic mental health professional would be called to complete a risk assessment for a sex offender.
Explain why risk assessment measures are widely used with the sex offender population. What do assessment measures hope to achieve?
Describe two types of risk assessment instruments or methods utilized with the sex offender population. What is the research support for utilization of these instruments?
Discuss the reasons that a sex offender is compared to other sex offenders when conducting a sex offender risk assessment.
Identify one or more specific risk assessment measures utilized for female sex offenders.
Submission Details
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified two reasons that a forensic mental health professional would be called to complete a risk assessment for a sex offender. 16 Explained why risk assessment measures are widely used with the sex offender population and what they aim to achieve. 16 Described two types of risk assessment instruments that are utilized with the sex offender population and the associated research. 16 Discussed the reasons that a sex offender is compared to other sex offenders when conducting a sex offender risk assessment. 16 Identified one or more specific risk assessment measures utilized for female sex offenders. 16 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 20
Total:
100
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Risk assessment is the process of forensic mental health professiona.docx
1. Risk assessment is the process of forensic mental health
professionals for determining the risk that a sex offender
presents to the community at large.
Tasks:
Using resources from the professional literature, research risk
assessment tools used with the sex offender population. The
literature may include the Argosy University online library
resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles,
and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or
institutions (.edu and .gov).
In a 3- to 4-page paper in a Microsoft Word document, address
the following:
Identify two reasons that a forensic mental health professional
would be called to complete a risk assessment for a sex
offender.
Explain why risk assessment measures are widely used with the
sex offender population. What do assessment measures hope to
achieve?
Describe two types of risk assessment instruments or methods
utilized with the sex offender population. What is the research
support for utilization of these instruments?
Discuss the reasons that a sex offender is compared to other sex
offenders when conducting a sex offender risk assessment.
Identify one or more specific risk assessment measures utilized
for female sex offenders.
2. Submission Details
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified two reasons that a forensic mental health
professional would be called to complete a risk assessment for a
sex offender. 16 Explained why risk assessment measures are
widely used with the sex offender population and what they aim
to achieve. 16 Described two types of risk assessment
instruments that are utilized with the sex offender population
and the associated research. 16 Discussed the reasons that a
sex offender is compared to other sex offenders when
conducting a sex offender risk assessment. 16 Identified one
or more specific risk assessment measures utilized for female
sex offenders. 16 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized
manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate
representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate
spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 20
Total:
100
