PSY-5501

Young, T. L., Womack, B., Maynard, Q., Yang, F., Boltz, L., Brazeal, M., Barber, B., Young, S. R., & Nelson-Gardell, D. (2019). A qualitative data analysis: Family victim advocates in child advocacy centers. Journal of Family Social Work, 22(4/5), 389–404.
Young et al. (2019) review victim advocates’ reasons for choosing their career as well as their experiences with the work. This reading introduces students to a possible career option within forensic psychology at the master’s level.

Menendez, C. C., Farkas, G. M., & Tsukayama, J. K. (2012). An integrative approach to threat assessment and management: Security and mental health response to a threatening client. Work: Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation, 42(1), 9–14.
Menendez, Farkas and Tsukayama (2012) discuss threat assessment, which is one possible career option in forensic psychology. Through this discussion, students are introduced to the process of threat assessment by examining one case in which mental health knowledge played a key role in reducing the threat of violence.

Galanek, J. D. (2015). Correctional officers and the incarcerated mentally ill: Responses to psychiatric illness in prison. Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 29(1), 116–136.
Galanek (2015) examines correctional officers’ approaches to incarcerated individuals and have a mental illness. The article demonstrates the benefit of understanding forensic psychology principles in work within jails and prisons.

Northcentral University. (n.d.). How to benefit from faculty feedback. [Video file].
This resource provides tips to benefitting from faculty feedback. As this course is the start of the program, understanding that feedback is the core method used to improve student learning and how to make the most of that feedback, is fundamental.

Epperson, M. W., Thompson, J. G., Lurigio, A. J., & Kim, S. (2017). Unpacking the relationship between probationers with serious mental illnesses and probation officers: A mixed-methods examination. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 56(3), 188–216.
Epperson, Thompson, Lurigio, and Kim (2017) discuss the work of probation with probationers with serious mental illness. As such, it demonstrates the importance of forensic psychology knowledge related to one career option within community corrections.