Race-informed Forensic Mental Health Assessment: A Principles-Based Analysis

IF 1.3 4区 医学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY
Mina Ratkalkar, Chelsea Jackson, Kirk Heilbrun
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Abstract

Abstract Existing models of forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) do not explicitly address the role of race or ethnicity in data collection, interpretation, report writing, and testimony. This omission can be a barrier to gathering information relevant to the forensic question and reaching culturally informed opinions. By adapting established principles of FMHA, we propose a culturally responsive model of FMHA emphasizing race and ethnicity (“Race-informed FMHA”). This model systematically assesses the impact of race, ethnicity and intersectional identities. We also describe how to determine how racial and ethnic considerations may be relevant to FMHA generally and in specific cases. Race-informed FMHA expands the scope of 12 of 38 foundational principles of FMHA to include racial identity, ethnicity, oppression, and privilege. We explain how evaluators can apply these principles to interpret and present information about race and ethnicity as objectively as possible. This paper identifies existing tools to obtain information regarding race and ethnicity in FMHA and describes a framework to conceptualize identity and its relevance. We discuss the importance of increasing evaluators’ comfort and fluency in discussing their own race and ethnicity – and those of others - in FMHA as well as implications for research and modified practice.
基于种族的法医心理健康评估:基于原则的分析
现有的法医心理健康评估(FMHA)模型没有明确地解决种族或民族在数据收集、解释、报告写作和证词中的作用。这种遗漏可能成为收集与法医问题有关的信息和获得文化知情意见的障碍。通过调整FMHA的既定原则,我们提出了一个强调种族和民族的FMHA文化响应模型(“种族知情FMHA”)。这个模型系统地评估了种族、民族和交叉身份的影响。我们还描述了如何确定种族和民族因素如何与FMHA一般和具体情况相关。考虑到种族因素的FMHA扩大了FMHA 38个基本原则中的12个原则的范围,包括种族认同、民族、压迫和特权。我们解释了评估者如何应用这些原则来尽可能客观地解释和呈现有关种族和民族的信息。本文确定了在FMHA中获取有关种族和民族信息的现有工具,并描述了一个概念化身份及其相关性的框架。我们讨论了在FMHA中提高评估者在讨论他们自己和其他人的种族和民族时的舒适度和流畅性的重要性,以及对研究和改进实践的影响。
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