Psychological Formulation

• Psychological Formulation: when does this process happen?

  after conviction
• Psychological Formulation: what does psychological formulation involve?

  offence analysis, understanding the function of offending and treatment
• Psychological Formulation: what is the first phase of psychological formulation?

  offence analysis
• Psychological Formulation: what is the second phase of psychological formulation?

  understanding the function of the offence
• Psychological Formulation: what is the third

  phase of psychological formulation?

  treatment
• Psychological Formulation: what happens during offence analysis?

  this is where the offence is analysed and the psychologist can then gain insight into the motivations of the criminal
• Psychological Formulation: what happens during offence analysis?

  factors which may have lead to the crime will be identified, this allows the psychologist to to asses the risk of the criminal reoffending
• Psychological Formulation: what happens during phase two where the function of the offence is understood?

  this involved understanding what purpose the offence served for the offender.
• Psychological Formulation: what happens during phase two where the function of the offence is understood?

  this stage helps the psychologist to understand what compels the offender to commit the crime
• Psychological Formulation: what happens during treatment?

  this is where a form of intervention, based on the findings is established
• Psychological Formulation: what is an example of treatment?

  a rehabilitative programme will reflect how the offending stated, the risk of reoffending and the likelihood of the offender sticking to the programme.
• Psychological Formulation: what is an example of the purpose which an offence can serve an offender?

  a rapist might compensate for their own feelings of worthlessness by exercising power over their victims
• Psychological Formulation: what is psychological formulation used for?

  is used to decide how likely an offender is to reoffend as well as possible reason why they might not be responding to treatments
• Psychological Formulation: how do psychologists create a psychological formulation?

  psychologists will look at the offenders past and present relationships as well as socio and economic circumstances
• Psychological Formulation: what does psychological formulation aim to do?

  to create a hypothesis about what has lead to someone's criminal behaviour and why they may continue that behaviour