{"id":30231,"date":"2024-07-23T19:45:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/wk9-discussion-post-fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-applying-research-in-correctional-settings\/"},"modified":"2024-07-23T19:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:45:59","slug":"wk9-discussion-post-fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-applying-research-in-correctional-settings","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/wk9-discussion-post-fpsy-8116-understnding-foren-psych-applying-research-in-correctional-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"WK9 Discussion post- FPSY 8116 Understnding Foren Psych – ” Applying Research in Correctional Settings”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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APPLYING RESEARCH IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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As you have seen throughout this course, psychological research can be applied in a variety of forensic psychology settings. Research that is specific to a particular setting and\/or population can help the forensic psychology professional refine assessment and treatment techniques in that setting and for that population.<\/p>\n

For example, in the past 25 years, incarceration rates have increased dramatically with the largest increase being that of individuals serving a sentence for drug-related crimes. This largely has been the result of the federal government\u2019s \u201cget tough on drugs\u201d policy that began in the early to mid 1980s. As a result, substance abuse treatment in correctional settings has been increasingly popular, especially when incentives are offered to reduce the amount of jail time for the inmate who completes treatment. Today\u2019s treatment of substance abuse in correctional settings is predicated on research that has demonstrated what does and does not work.<\/p>\n

Substance abuse treatment is only one of the many areas a forensic psychology professional may be asked to address in a correctional setting. In this assignment you become familiar with research in other areas, all of which may be applied in correctional settings.<\/p>\n

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