Over the past several decades, the field of psychology has witnessed the increasing need to understand the impact of culture, race, and ethnicity on human behavior. The American Psychological Association has developed guidelines to help psychology professionals treat clients from diverse populations and address multicultural issues that may emerge. In this Application, you consider such guidelines as they relate to forensic psychology so that you may become sensitive to what you need to know and be able to relate to multicultural populations in the forensic psychology arena.
To prepare for this assignment:
- Review the selected pages in Chapter 10 of the course text, Introduction to Forensic Psychology. Pay particular attention to the meaning of multiculturalism and consider how it can impact the practice of forensic psychology.
- Think about your own beliefs regarding multicultural differences.
- Reflect on the role of a forensic psychology professional in addressing multicultural differences and meeting the needs of a diverse set of clients.
- Review the Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice and Organizational Change for Psychologists and the APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations in this week’s Learning Resources.
- Consider which of the guidelines you believe are the most important to the role of a forensic psychologist or to a forensic psychology professional subspecialty.
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The assignment (2–3 pages):
- Select three guidelines you believe are most important to the role of a forensic psychology professional or to a forensic psychology subspecialty. Be sure to indicate which set of guidelines you examined (Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice and Organizational Change for Psychologist and/or the APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations.) You may select from more than one set.
- Explain how and why each guideline is relevant to the chosen role or subspecialty. Be specific.
Readings
- Course Text: Bartol, C. R.,& Bartol, A. M. (2019). Introduction to forensic psychology: Research and application (5th ed.). Sage.
- Chapter 10, “Forensic Psychology and the Victims of Crime and Other Wrongs” (pp. 376-380)
Web Sites
- Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists (2002)
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/multicultural-guidelines.aspx - APA Online: APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations
http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/policy/provider-guidelines.aspx
Optional Resources
- Article: Powell, M., & Bartholomew, T. (2003). The treatment of multicultural issues in contemporary forensic psychology textbooks. Psychiatry, Psychology, and the Law, 10(1), pp. 928–943.
- Article: Kuehnle, K., & Sullivan, A. (2001). Patterns of anti-gay violence: An analysis of incident characteristics and victim reporting. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16(9), 928–943.
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