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• December 5, 2018Episodes

  Part II: Supervising & Treating Persons Who Have Sexually Harmed

  BONUS MINI EPISODE.   If you enjoy our podcast please consider subscribing. You can also visit us at https://forensicinservice.com. Feel free to leave a comment or a suggestion for an episode or guest. You can contact me directly at stephenjk@forensicinservice.com. Thanks for listening!   This is part two of a two part mini in service discussing supervision and treatment strategies with persons who have sexually harmed and the fit of these strategies with social work […]

• November 18, 2018Episodes

  Part 1: Supervising Persons Who Have Sexually Harmed

  BONUS MINI EPISODE. This is part one of a two part mini in service discussing supervision strategies with persons who have sexually harmed and the fit of these strategies with social work practice and values. This episode provides a brief overview of: Strategic crime prevention strategies The Containment Approach Circles Legislation This episode examines these strategies and contrasts them with several of the core values of social work. The second part of this mini in service […]

• November 2, 2018Episodes

  Treatment Success

  Is this episode we discuss positive treatment outcomes in terms of how they are defined and measured and share stories of our own experiences.   The Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.   The music for our show was written & performed by Adam Price and our artwork “Blocked Thoughts” was hand painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. Both are used with permission. […]

• October 17, 2018Episodes

  The Use of Actuarial Instruments

  Starting this month we will be also offering periodic bonus mini in services. Today’s mini in service is on actuarial instruments. Today I discuss actuarial instruments: What they are How they are used What they predict And provide 8 tips to ensure their proper use An actuarial instrument is a statistical method of estimating the risk of a specific event occurring These are widely used by insurance companies, such as in the case of auto […]

• October 4, 2018Episodes

  Mental Illness & Violence

  In this in service Dr. Stephen Price and I discuss the relationship between mental illness and violence and delve into our experiences with this population. According to the Department of Justice violent crime has been decreasing since the early 1990s. Although there is a statistical relationship between mental illness and violence, only 4% of all violent crimes are committed by persons with mental illness. Conversely, persons with mental illness are at high risk for violent […]