- 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.