PSY-5505 Diversity In Forensic Psychology V3

American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct. https://www.apa.org/ethics/code
This resource outlines ethical standards guiding psychologists.

Sabbioni, D., Feehan, S., Nicholls, C., Soong, W., Rigoli, D., Follett, D., Carastathis, G., Gomes, A., Griffiths, J., Curtis, K., Smith, W., & Waters, F. (2018). Providing culturally-informed mental health services to Aboriginal youth: The YouthLink model in Western Australia. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 12(5), 987–994.
This article discusses another culturally responsive program. While it focuses on mental health services broadly, students may gain additional ideas for how to design culturally responsive interventions with forensic populations.

Stith, S. M., Spencer, C. M., Ripoll-Núñez, K. J., Jaramillo-Sierra, A. L., Khodadadi-Andariyeh, F., Nikparvar, F., Oksman, R., & Metelinen, J. (2020). International adaptation of a treatment program for situational couple violence. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 46(2), 272–288.
Stith (2020) discusses the cultural adaptation of a forensic intervention focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) across multiple countries. This demonstrates how interventions may be adapted to address specific cultural diversity.

Specialty guidelines for forensic psychology. (2013). American Psychologist, 68(1), 7–19.
Students are encouraged to review the specialty guidelines for forensic psychology and reflect on which principles are most relevant to working with diversity within forensic settings.