Part of the EPQ appendices fit to address A01, A02 and A04 of the AQA specification. Combined
use gave the project an A*. It is a table listing the sources used, summary, advantages and disadvantages.
References in the Harvard-style are included.
Source Source Summary Advantages Limitations
Number
1 Treatment of This scientific journal is a meta- I was able to use the bibliography to This journal seemed to lack the
Psychopathy: A analysis in which the topics of read further into the studies referenced evaluation I required to give an in depth
Review of Empirical CBT and Therapeutic for a more in depth knowledge, analysis of the best potential treatment
Findings Communities are evaluated as allowing me to reach my own for psychopathy. Whilst it gave me ideas
Handbook of potential treatments for conclusions. of key treatments that I could use in my
Psychopathy psychopaths. It judges the Useful as it uses a variety of credible dissertation, I had to apply my own
Pp. 555-572 success of a treatment on the sources with valid evaluations to knowledge to evaluate them (e.g.
Scientific Journal rates of criminal reconvictions support their conclusions. applying SLT to TCs) which reduces the
Harris, G.T. and Rice, and discusses the clinical issues Cited by 299, so must be reliable. validity of my dissertation as I am not in
M.E. regarding treatments. The article Authors: Marnie Rice gained a Ph.D. in an expert in this field.
2006 further expresses how Hare’s clinical psychology and specialises in Since treatment is only measured in
PCL-R is taxonomic and does not areas such as forensic psychology and terms of reducing rates of reoffending,
produce a valid assessment – it psychiatry, ensuring that the evidence is this implies that only psychopathic
creates a spectrum of psychopathyentirely factual and can be relied upon. criminals can be treated. This prevents
rather than a clear answer (i.e. the application of the treatments to the
either ‘psychopath’ or ‘not a entire psychopathic population,
psychopath’). meaning that they may not be entirely
effective.
2 Research on This includes information from This journal informed me of the Since this is a scientific journal based on
Therapeutic different databases to provide Maxwell Jones Centre, a key TC I longitudinal studies and primary data
Communities in accurate comparisons of referenced in my work, with first-hand gathered by Rawlings herself, there is no
Prisons: A review of evidence of her assessment. It includes reason for the evidence to lack validity.
scientific evidence. It covers
the literature reasons for how it operates, allowing
sections such as studying
Scientific Journal me to fully comprehend how it can be
Rawlings, B. behavioural change in applied to psychopaths. It is extremely
1998 hierarchical TCs in prisons, descriptive and so I did not have to
behavioural change during apply existing knowledge/make
treatment and follow-ups on educational guesses about the nature
prisoners when released from behind TCs.
Cited by 17, so there’s a smaller chance
TCs to determine behavioural
of it being reliable yet is reputable
changes. nonetheless.
Author: Rawlings has a Ph.D. in
Sociology and has worked in a
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