Assignment 3: RA Working Ahead
Case Scenario:
You work for a large corporate business. One of the managers at the company
receives an anonymous e-mail message claiming that a certain employee, Bob,
has been acting strangely and muttering threats to get even with others.
The manager calls the police, who, after obtaining Bob's permission, search
his car and workstation but find no evidence of any weapons. Bob denies
ever making any sort of threat and says he was just having a bad day.
The manager asks you to conduct a threat assessment on Bob. The manager
says that the company has the right to conduct a threat assessment, but Bob
is liable to sue if he is fired as a consequence of your findings, so the
threat assessment has to stand up to scrutiny in court. In addition, Bob
must be determined by you to have "fully cooperated" with the assessment in
order to avoid termination. Therefore, you can expect him to participate in
any form of assessment you choose even though he may lie or misrepresent
his answers. If you state Bob lied during the assessment, he will be fired.
This, too, must stand up to scrutiny in court.
You review Bob's personnel record. He has been late to work several times
and has even come to work drunk. He missed one week of work three years ago
while jailed on a drunk and disorderly charge. He took personal leave to
cover the missed time, and the arrest was discovered only by a report in
the newspaper.
At the time of his arrest, he had a gun in his possession, for which he had
a permit and which he could carry as a concealed weapon. Bob has been
divorced twice and has no children. He currently lives alone. He has
completed the eleventh grade but not his General Educational Development
(GED). School records reveal he was often truant and was suspended three
times for fighting. He served two years in the military and was honorably
discharged after being found to have a "severe personality disorder that
made him unsuitable for duty."
Part 1: Planning
Tasks:
On the basis of the case scenario, create a 3-page plan in a Microsoft Word
document addressing the following questions:
- What is the purpose of the specialized interview?
- How will you plan the assessment?
- Whom will you interview and why?
- What will you tell Bob about the nature and purpose of the evaluation
and its potential consequences? Why?
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of a telephone interview?
In addition, answer the following:
- What assessment instruments will you administer to Bob? Why?
- How will you evaluate the truthfulness of his responses?
- What methods will you use to deal with Bob's defensive posture in
interviews?
Part 2: Client Statement
In Part 1, you created a broad plan of action to investigate the threat Bob
poses to the company. To conduct the risk assessment for Bob, in this part
of the assignment, you will explore the existing risk assessment
questionnaires you can administer to him.
Tasks:
Create a 1-page reference paper (below the plan you created in Part 1)
addressing the following:
- Identify a single risk assessment questionnaire or instrument used by
psychologists. Find four references—web-based references or published
scientific reports—on the instrument or on the process of risk assessment.
- Your list of references should include at least two articles for and
two articles against the risk assessment questionnaire or instrument in
general (write a 1-paragraph summary of each reference you provide).
All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for
attributing sources.
Submission Details:
- By the due date assigned, save your compiled document as
M1_A3_Lastname_Firstname.doc and submit it to the Submissions Area.
Assignment 3 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Described the purpose
of the interview and prepared a well-articulated plan to conduct the
assessment. 16 Identified the assessment instruments and methods you
would use with Bob and justified their use. 12 Identified the methods
you would use to evaluate the truthfulness of Bob's responses. 12
Provided the information you would disclose to Bob before conducting the
investigation and justified it. 12 Stated the advantages and
disadvantages of a telephone interview. 12 Submitted a well-structured
report providing an appropriate rationale for your choices.. 8
Identified a risk assessment questionnaire used by psychologists that
you can use for your investigation. 8 Listed at least two articles for
and two articles against the risk assessment questionnaire or risk
assessment in general.. 8 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized
manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and
attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation. 12 Total: 100
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