ASSESSMENT IN THE FORENSIC FIELD
ASSESSMENT IN AMBITO FORENSE
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| 2021/2022 | 6 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Daniela Maria Pajardi |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The course aims to analyze the assessment procedure in the forensic field, highlighting differences and synergies with the clinical field, focusing on how evaluation is a complex and multi-method process. The various diagnostic tools will then be analyzed, from the interview to the observation, as well as the test instruments mainly used in the forensic field, whose specificities will be presented, both in terms of administration and interpretation, related to the forensic context.
During the lessons there will be the presentation of cases and expert reports, as well as meetings with some specialized professionals on some psychodiagnostic investigation tools.
Program
1. Background on forensic assessment
2. The writing of the psychodiagnostic report. The relationship with the OTC and the Judicial Authority at the beginning and at the end of the assessment
3. Purpose and methodology of forensic evaluation and differences with the clinical field
4. The clinical-forensic interview
5. The observation
6. Projective tools in the forensic field
7. Personality questionnaires
8. The Rorschach test
9. The MMPI-2 and MMPI-2 RF test
10. Graphic tests on children
11. The Blacky Test
12. The Wartegg Test
First week. Presentation of the course and exam methods. Introduction to the assessment and specificity of the expert context with respect to the clinical context.
Second week. In-depth study on how to write a psychodiagnostic report
Terza week. The clinical-forensic interview
Fourth week. The importance of observation in forensic evaluation
Fifth week. The Rorschach test
Sixth week. The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 and Revised Form
Seventh week. Presentation of graphic tests in the evaluation of children in the forensic field.
Eighth week. The Blacky Pictures test
Ninth week. The Wartegg Test. Further information about exam.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
In relation to the course, the student must show possession of:
- mastery of the knowledge of specialist disciplines;
- understanding of the advanced concepts of the discipline;
- the ability to use knowledge and concepts to reason independently on the problems of the discipline.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, case discussions and simulations; meetings with operators and experts.
During the lessons there will be discussion of cases and psychodagnostic reports.
- Attendance
No obligatory attendance
- Course books
Abbate K. e Andraos M.P. (2019). Scrivere la relazione psicodiagnostica. Dal test alla stesura del report in psicologia clinica e forense. Milano, Raffaello Cortina
Abazia L. (2020) I test grafici in ambito clinco e forense, Milano, Franco Angeli.
Piccinini L. ( a cura di) (2019) MMPI-2-RF, DSM 5 casi clinici, Firenze, Giunti
Additional materials on specific topics during the course will also be indicated and will be made available by the teacher on the course page.
- Assessment
Oral exam. A specific and in-depth knowledge of the topics is required, as well as the acquisition of an appropriate and specialized language.
The ability to critically rework the contents will be evaluated, the deepening on the methodological level, with particular reference to the ability to identify resources and criticality of the assessment tools in relation to the variables to be evaluated in the different judicial contexts.
- Disabilità e DSA
Le studentesse e gli studenti che hanno registrato la certificazione di disabilità o la certificazione di DSA presso l'Ufficio Inclusione e diritto allo studio, possono chiedere di utilizzare le mappe concettuali (per parole chiave) durante la prova di esame.
A tal fine, è necessario inviare le mappe, due settimane prima dell’appello di esame, alla o al docente del corso, che ne verificherà la coerenza con le indicazioni delle linee guida di ateneo e potrà chiederne la modifica.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Teaching
No difference between non atteending and attending students
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