Working with Difficult Personalities in the Forensic Context
36 hours
One Semester
Hawthorn
Overview
This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of how forensic systems impact on clients with personality disorder and vice versa. The unit will enable students to examine the types of assumptions, beliefs and motivations commonly present in people with difficult personalities, and will expand the repertoire of strategic responses that students can use to deal effectively with people with personality disorder.
Requisites
Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
26-February-2024
26-May-2024
26-May-2024
Last self-enrolment date
10-March-2024
Census date
31-March-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
12-April-2024
Results released date
02-July-2024
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Critically evaluate concepts central to personality and the types of features that make some personalities difficult
- Apply advanced knowledge of how difficult personalities can contribute to offending
- Analyse how difficult personalities impact on the forensic system, and reflect on their own interaction with personality disordered clients
- Select appropriate interventions and management strategies for people with different personality disorders in the forensic context
Teaching methods
Hawthorn Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Workshop | 12.00 | 1 week | 12 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 11.50 | 12 weeks | 138 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | Individual | 35% | 3,4 |
| Case Review | Individual | 25% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Case Review | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- What is personality
- Grandiose, entitled and hostile personalities in the forensic context
- Erratic, angry and self-harming personalities in the forensic context
- Paranoid personalities in the forensic context
- Antisocial and psychopathic personalities in the forensic context
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.