PSY-5505 Diversity In Forensic Psychology V3

Chudzik, L. (2016). Therapeutic assessment of a violent criminal offender: Managing the cultural narrative of evil. Journal of Personality Assessment, 98(6), 585–589.
Chudzik (2016) provides a case example of addressing personal bias when working with individuals involved in violent offenses. She reviews common cultural narratives about the evil that can impact work with these offenders as well as a model that may help in reducing the bias introduced by these cultural narratives.

Mezey, G., Youngman, H., Kretzschmar, I., & White, S. (2016). Stigma and discrimination in mentally disordered offender patients – a comparison with a non-forensic population. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 27(4), 517–529.

Lekas, H.-M., Pahl, K., & Fuller Lewis, C. (2020). Rethinking cultural competence: Shifting to cultural humility. Health Services Insights, 1–4.
Lekas et al. (2020) discuss cultural competence and the limitations that exist within that framework. They define cultural humility and how this approach may be more beneficial to providing culturally responsive services to individuals.

Reshamwala, S. (2016, December). Implicit bias: Check our bias to wreck our bias [Video file].
This is the first video in a 5-segment brief video series discussing implicit bias. This video defines implicit bias and how it shows up in our daily life.

Reshamwala, S. (2016, December). Implicit bias: The life-changing magic of hanging out [Video file].

Smith, B.L. (2015, January). Build a better CV. American Psychological Association.
This resource provides a brief overview of the purpose of a CV as well as some quick tips on creating a strong CV. There is also a link to a sample graduate student in psychology CV. Students will have a better understanding of what must be included, which will assist them with their second assignment for this week.