Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology

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1 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology Julie Karsten

2 Master Specialisation Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology understanding the meaning of criminal and violent behaviour for both victims and offenders

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4 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology What kind of Questions Courses Jobs Preparation

5 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology Understanding the causes and consequences of criminal behavior Contributing to the development of effective interventions for victims and offenders

6 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology What kind of => questions

7 Offenders What happened, why? How can repeat offending be prevented, what do offenders need?

8 and victims What happened, why? How does that affect the victim(s), what do they need?

9 Crime: victim meets offender

10 Crime: victim meets offender Case closed? Offense as a social encounter that went wrong Examine causes, correlates, and consequences In order to understand, support, and intervene

11 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology What kind of => courses

12 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Crime & Psychological vulnerability Crime & Psychological Assessment & Interventions Clinical Forensic Skills Capita Selecta Interventions for victims and offenders Capita Selecta Experimental approaches in CFP&V Capita Selecta Risk assessment Master s thesis (with research and/or practical internship)

13 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Crime & psychological vulnerability basic course What is a crime, an offender, a victim Which (clinical) psychological factors might explain crime, its causes and consequences e.g., aggression, impulsivity, antisocial cognitions, substance abuse, psychopathy, vulnerability for psychosis, sexual interest, trauma, grief, coping, resilience

14 example 3/26/18. you will read about the violent encounter between Lotte Kroes and Jaap Smit. It landed Jaap in hospital, and, upon recovery of his health, in prison to await his trial. Jaap has an extensive criminal record (55 convictions: property, drugs related, vandalism, aggression and violence, first conviction at 13 years of age). The Rechter Commissaris (Investigating Magistrate) is concerned about Jaap s criminal career and requests a mental health assessment to help the judge decide on her sentence: will it be prison or treatment?

15 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Crime & psychological assessment and interventions basic course The theory of clinical forensic practice with victims and offenders: - What is risk assessment, risk management, how is it done, and why? - What are effective interventions for offenders, for victims? Why? - How can we reliably and validly assess those risk factors? - How can we detect deception and malingering?

16 example 3/26/18 Willem Sterk receives a registration form regarding a new client: - sentenced by the court to a partly suspended prison term - sexually abused his 12-year-old daughter for a period of six months - unemployed and presently living with his wife and his 8- year-old son - requested: treatment for mood disorder and excessive use of alcohol

17 Willem also has a 12-year-old daughter. As he is reading the registration form, he is wondering how someone can abuse his own child. He is also wondering whether he is allowed to refuse to treat such a client. 3/26/18

18 Willem decides to treat the man, but during their first session he realizes quite quickly that the client does not want to talk about the sexual abuse, because he is too ashamed of it. What to do next? Willem has some knowledge about sex offender typologies, and he is an expert in motivational interviewing, but how can he deal with this situation?

19 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Clinical forensic skills skills lab Go and do it: - read a patient file and make a state of the art risk assessment - set up a treatment plan - deal with that aggressive client in your first intake - motivate client to participate - challenge client s dysfunctional cognitions - assess whether client might be suicidal - or is the client just acting??

20 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Capita Selecta Interventions for victims and offenders - elective Read a set of specialized literature and take an (oral or written) exam. Topics e.g,: - What works for offender rehabilitation - Child abuse and neglect - Risk assessment - Victim offender mediation

21 Courses in CFP&V Capita Selecta Experimental approaches in CFP&V- elective Study specialized literature on a specific topic (overview available on Nestor) and write a paper. - Psychopathy, the construct - Offender and victim amnesia - Victim impact statements - Disgust and sexual excitation 3/26/18

22 Courses in CFP&V 3/26/18 Capita Selecta risk assessment Learn how to use risk assessment instruments to estimate the risk of reoffending and find criminogenic needs for violent offenders, child abuse and neglect, or sex offenders.

23 Master s thesis 30 EC research project OR 11 EC research project AND 19 EC internship OR 19 EC research project AND 11 EC internship abroad

24 Master s thesis, internships e.g.,: 3/26/18 Penitentiary institutions (Forensic) mental health centres Forensic units in general mental health care Outpatient forensic psychiatric care facilities Care for people with addictions Trauma centers Victim support facilities Note: finding an approved internship is the responsibility of students. For Dutch speaking students a (limited) number of internships is available.

25 Master s thesis, research e.g.: 3/26/18 Personal and interpersonal factors contributing to school shootings Living with the disappearance of a loved one Victims becoming offenders Integration of female offenders back in society

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27 Programme CFP&V Block 1a Block 1b Block 2a block2b Crime & psychological vulnerability 5EC Crime & assessment and intervention 5 EC -- 5 EC -- Clinical Forensic Skills 5 EC -- 5 EC EC -- Master s thesis 15 EC Master s thesis 15 EC

28 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology What kind of Jobs

29 This master track is a training towards * Health care worker e.g. mental health care, forensic psychiatry, PICU s, penitentiary institutions, victim support services, offender-victim mediation, educational settings, social work, crime prevention Junior position Postmaster programme gezondheidszorg psycholoog (GZ) 2 years Checklist admission criteria * Researcher

30 Master Clinical Forensic Psychology & Victimology What kind of Preparation

31 Prerequisites: Follow the Clinical Psychology differentiation Expand your knowledge about theories, assessment, and interventions 3/26/18 PSB3E-KP01 Psychopathology: symptoms, classification and diagnosis PSB3N-KP08 Diagnostiek in de Klinische psychologie or PSB3E- KP05 Diagnosis and assessment PSB3N-KP02 Theorieën over psychopathologie and/or PSB3E-KP06 Cognitive behavioural processes across disorders: A trans-diagnostic approach PSB3E-KP07 Introduction to cognitive behavioural therapies

32 Plus PSB3N-M04 Forensische psychologie or comparable course For English language RuG students: Forensic Psychology literature study. Contact Julie Karsten Advisable PSB3E-M13 Deception in clinical settings PSB3N-M03 Seksuologie (Dutch only) Electives Faculty of Law

33 Interested? Check it out! And register before May 1, 2018 Early track registration, as courses have a limited capacity s for course registrations will be sent in May