Towards a Forensic Psychological Evaluation of Juvenile Fire Setters: Parent Power

Johnson, Ronn

doi:10.4172/2157-7145.1000214

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“…Diagnosis is central to public safety and treatment. Diagnostically, the DSM-5 Quadrant uses four of the most commonly occurring disorders to create a clinical portrait of a JFSB that is helpful during interventions [14,15]. Interventions aimed at moderate to extreme high risk JFSB are designed to reduce those public safety threat levels.…”

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The public safety framework for working with these cases necessitates the need to recognize the relationship between recidivism and addressing these residual clinical concerns. Treatment of a DSM-5 clinical disorder does not mitigate the public safety risk posed by the JFSB [14,16]. The primacy of public safety means that a juvenile must be stable enough to productively participate and complete an evidenced based intervention program (e.g.…”

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The primacy of public safety means that a juvenile must be stable enough to productively participate and complete an evidenced based intervention program (e.g. Forensic Assessment Therapeutic Jurisprudence Model or FATJAM; [14,17]) that is aimed at harm reduction issues associated with the actual incident.…”

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Perhaps the most important distinction that makes a difference with regards to public safety is between a clinical versus a forensic work in JFSB cases. The clinical work with a JFSB takes on a direct psychotherapeutic outcome that often starts with a DSM-5 diagnosis [14]. However, forensically assessing and culturally responsive conceptualizing factors stress the priority of public safety that must remain central to legal and clinical decision making with respect to all JFSB cases [15,17].…”

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…During these interventions an examiner may have observed dynamics (e.g. rigid denial of the seriousness of the JFSB incident, inaccurate reporting, or parental psychopathology) in the family that were of considerable concern but not the focus of the previous sessions in any major way [14]. A post risk assessment family therapy referral can also be made as a malpractice risk management strategy if a forensic examiner has reason to question the gains made by a JFSB.…”

Section: Challenges In Deciding To Make the Post-risk Assessment Famimentioning

confidence: 99%

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Culturally Responsive Family Therapy with Post-Risk Assessment Juvenile Fire Setting and Bomb Making: A Forensic Psychology Paradigm

Johnson¹

2016

J Psychol Psychother

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a primary model for the implementation of juvenile fire setting intervention programs conducted through the fire service in the United States. These juvenile fire setting programs are all educational in nature and the academic backgrounds of the individuals implementing them is bachelor level or lower. In this case, minimum academic and practicum requirements often found in mental health trainings are not found in the aforementioned practice guides. More problematic, there is a dearth of relevant research to support the effectiveness (i.e., reducing recidivism) of these educational programs for achieving public safety much less their cultural responsiveness. In addition, a major difference probably needs to be stressed (i.e., ethical informed consent to participants) between the proliferation of JFS programs versus the less than 10 national JFSB clinical forensic services provided by qualified professionals (i.e., minimum a state mental health license) that attempt to address the public safety risk assessment and intervention issues stemming from these cases. In addition, conceptualizing JFSB is further compounded by the fact that there is wide variation in the psychometric properties of various tools used with JFSB, which have clear implications for confidence in the accuracy of the risk assessment relevant information they provide [1,7]. For example, dissertation investigation published in 2000 examined the primary instrument used in the implementation of the FEMA model. This investigation found both the instrument and the theory utilized in the construction of the FEMA model lacking in validity [8]. A third study, conducted in 1997 on a group of children referred to the Portland Fire Department, found less than 42% of the children whose parents

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Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Dsm-5 Quadrant Public Safety and Treatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Challenges In Deciding To Make the Post-risk Assessment Famimentioning

confidence: 99%

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