In this episode we review a number of topics, all either made relevant by or infused with concern over the pandemic.  These topics include:   Telemental Health and Masked Attorneys Institutional Care and Infection Control Déjà vu and Isn’t It Time for Community Corrections? Seizing Opportunity in Crisis Check out all of our episodes at Forensic InService Our podcast can also be found on most major platforms, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, & Radio.com. Several of our episodes are also available with captioning on YouTube  (audio only). Follow me on Twitter @StephenKoonz Forensic InService podcast is produced under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and our theme music was created by Adam Price—both are used with permission. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, please tell a friend and subscribe. You can take part in our show a couple of different ways. Try leaving us a voice message with SpeakPipe at ForensicInService.com. Or, you can, write a blog post, or even be a guest on the show!

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Sometimes a Submarine Is Just a Submarine

In this episode we discuss the effects of the current pandemic and mega-disaster on mental health, as well as how daily life has changed over the past month. Check out all of our episodes at Forensic InService

Caring For Coworkers During the Pandemic

In this episode we discuss the various aspects of Reentry, especially as they relate to persons with mental illness. We cover the reentry of insanity acquittals, as well as former inmates and explore the numerous issues that impede that process. Check out all of our episodes at Forensic InService **Mature Content** We mention both the Treatment Advocacy Center and the Vera Institute of Justice several times. Both of these organizations do amazing work. Please visit their site and check them out! Please also check out our interview with John Snook, executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center.   Our podcast can also be found on most major platforms, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, & Radio.com. Several of our episodes are also available with captioning on YouTube  (audio only).   Follow me on Twitter @StephenKoonz   Forensic InService podcast is produced under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and our theme music was created by Adam Price—both are used with permission.   Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, please tell a friend and subscribe. You can take part in our show a couple of different ways. You can leave a message, write a blog post, or even be a guest on the show!

Reentry

In this episode we discuss the infamous murder trial of Loepold & Loeb, who in 1924 kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago. The crime would come to be regarded, at least until the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, as the murder of the century. We take a look at their behavior and the psychiatric testimony. Check out all of our episodes at Forensic InService   Our other episodes can also be found on most major platforms, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, & Radio.com. Several of our episodes are also available on YouTube  (audio only).   Follow me on Twitter @StephenKoonz   Forensic InService podcast is produced under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and our theme music was created by Adam Price—both are used with permission.   Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, please tell a friend and subscribe. You can take part in our show a couple of different ways. You can leave a message, write a blog post, or even be a guest on the show!  

The Leopold & Loeb Murder Trial

In this episode we discuss mental health practice in the courtroom, including the court and legal processes, our roles as educators, and our obligations to our clients. Check out all of our episodes at Forensic InService Our other episodes can also be found on most major platforms, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Google Play Music, Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, & Radio.com. Several of our episodes are also available on YouTube   Follow me on Twitter @StephenKoonz Forensic InService podcast is produced under Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and our theme music was created by Adam Price—both are used with permission. Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, please tell a friend. You can take part in our show a couple of different ways. You can leave a message, write a blog post, or even be a guest on the show!

Mental Health Practice in the Courtroom

In this episode we review a recent article from the BBC, by Danny Shaw, which reported that a recent study of the sex offender programs in England and Wales showed that completers recidivated at a higher rate than noncompleters. We delve into a discussion on the efficacy of sex offender treatment in general terms, as well as some programmatic difficulties programs encounter. *MATURE THEME* References: Shaw, D. (10/8/19). Sex offender: 'I've never had so many deviant thoughts.' BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49973318 For more on the Good Lives Model visit: https://www.goodlivesmodel.com/ For more on Risk-Need-Responsivity visit: https://www.pbpp.pa.gov/Information/Documents/Research/EBP7.pdf For more on Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapy (CBT) with sex offenders visit: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.874.2739&rep=rep1&type=pdf   You can find us at: https://forensicinservice.com Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. & our music was created by Adam Price. Both are used with permission.

What's Up With Sex Offender Treatment?

SUMMARY In this episode we discuss the interplay between mental illness & substance abuse and how this interplay affects negative outcomes. Dr. Prices provides a comparison between serious mental illness and personality disorders, and together we review general risk factors, policy issues, and provide and overview of substance abuse. MATURE THEME References for this episode: https://timeline.com/willowbrook-the-institution-that-shocked-a-nation-into-changing-its-laws-c847acb44e0d Treatment Advocacy Center: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research  The Vera Institute: https://www.vera.org/research The Albany County Mobile Crisis Team: https://www.nyconnects.ny.gov/services/mobile-crisis-team-omh-pr-705206901019   Previous episodes referred to: Insanity Defense (S2, E2): https://forensicinservice.com/episodes/the-insanity-defense/ Psychopathy (S1, E2): https://forensicinservice.com/episodes/psychopathy/ Interview with John Snook of the Treatment Advocacy Center (S2, E1): https://forensicinservice.com/episodes/interview-with-john-snook-of-the-treatment-advocacy-center/ Other related episodes: Mental Illness & Violence (S1, E5): https://forensicinservice.com/episodes/mental-illness-violence/ A General Discussion on Risk (S1, E3): https://forensicinservice.com/episodes/a-general-discussion-on-risk/ Artwork & Music: Our artwork was hand-painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. and used with her permission - digitalized by Steve Koonz. Our theme music was composed and performed by Adam Price, used with permission. Our transition music was composed and performed by Steve Koonz. License: (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

The Relationship Between Mental Illness, Substance Abuse, Crime & Violence

Safety or relapse prevention plans are used in a number of areas of forensic mental health treatment, such as with persons with histories of substance abuse or sexual offending.  This final episode in our series on relapse prevention, which includes our episodes Relapse Prevention with an Offender Population and Offense Cycles, as well as our post Lapse Map, explores numerous applications of offense cycles and a discussion on working with resistive recipients. Each of these can be accessed on a variety of platforms or at forensicinservice.com  

Safety Plans

     As a follow-up to our last episode on Relapse Prevention with an Offender Population, in this episode we discuss offense cycles and node-link mapping. Both of these models are compatible with treatment programs based in relapse prevention that rely on cognitive-behavioral approaches. For this episode we also have a corresponding blog post, titled The Lapse Map. Contained within that blog post is a free download of a general lapse map we created during our work with sex offenders and recently updated.     As an additional bonus, please see our post under the category Risk Assessment entitled Assessing Probability to Sexually Re-Offend. In this post I provide a factitious case and score it on the Static-99R. This material is also free for professionals to access. However, this specific post is password protected given the sensitivity of the subject matter. If you would like access please contact us using the link, or by emailing me at Stephenjk@forensicinservice.com and tell me who you are and why you are requesting this information. I will not keep or use your information when given to me for this purpose.    Our artwork was created by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., used with permission. Our music was created and performed by Adam Price, used with permission.    Forensic InService podcast is produced by Steve Koonz & Steve Price and licensed under a Creative Commons license.

Offense Cycles

TODAY’S TOPIC    Relapse Prevention (RP), often interwoven with cognitive-behavioral techniques, is perhaps the most widely used treatment model in addictions. The model is also used with numerous other types of behaviors, including sex offending behavior. This episode provides an in-depth discussion on relapse prevention and its application to persons with histories of violent and criminal behavior.   This conversation focuses on:   Description of RP How does RP differ with an offender population RP’s adaptability to offender populations and the criminal justice system With whom RP may not be appropriate The benefits of developing trust to improve engagement & early identification of lapses Matching vulnerabilities to level of treatment Recognizing signs of relapse    ANNOUNCEMENTS   Please visit us & subscribe at https://forensicinservice.com  For (unedited) closed caption please visit https://forensicinservice.com/videos    ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   Our artwork, Blocked Thoughts, was hand-painted by Steve Koonz’s daughter Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. It was then digitized with our logo by Steve K. Jenn’s work is used with her permission.   Our intro and outro music was written and produced by Adam Price. Adam’s father is Dr. Stephen Price--co-host of our show. Adam’s music was used with his permission.   This episode was recorded and produced by Steve Koonz.   Forensic InService podcast is licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). You are free to copy and redistribute this material in any medium or format. These freedoms cannot be revoked for as long as you follow the license terms. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made, and, if so, you shall not suggest that we endorse those changes. You shall not use this material for commercial purposes, and any derivatives created from this material may not be distributed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode  

Relapse Prevention with an Offender Population

Non compos mentis is a Latin phrase meaning not having command of one's mind. This episode is part 1 of a 2 part series dealing with the subject of insanity and the law. Part 1 specifically deals with the insanity defense and provides an overview of its history and structure and then concludes with a brief outline of the process insanity acquittals go through post-trial. Given that the Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity (NGRI) or Not Responsible Due to Mental Disease or Defect is both extremely complicated and can vary widely from state to state much of the specific information provided in this episode is focused on New York's process known as CPL 330.20. Part II of this series will take a deeper look at the process that governs the movement, progress, and eventual release to the community of insanity acquittals and will feature an interview with Sheila Shea, Esq., current Director of the Mental Hygiene Legal Service (MHLS), Third Judicial Department, responsible for the legal representation of all persons found Not Responsible Due to Mental Disease or Defect. You can find all our episodes at: https://forensicinservice.com  EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE USED IN THIS EPISODE: Steve Koonz used an Audio Technica ATR2005 microphone, running its XLR cable into a Mackie Mix 8 and its USB cable into a HP Envy laptop. Both the Mackie Mix 8 (Main Out L) & the HP Envy (Headphone Jack) were then routed to the left and right channels of a Zoom H4n Pro digital recorder. For editing purposes, the digital recorder was set up to record the channels independent of the other. Steve Koonz used Google Voice for the call. The show was edited in Audacity and Auphonic. We do not have an affiliate relationship with any of these companies mentioned here. LICENSING:  Forensic InService podcast is licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). You are free to copy and redistribute this material in any medium or format. These freedoms cannot be revoked for as long as you follow the license terms. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made, and, if so, you shall not suggest that we endorse those changes. You shall not use this material for commercial purposes, and any derivatives created from this material may not be distributed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode

The Insanity Defense

TODAY’S TOPIC The Treatment Advocacy Center is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness. The organization promotes laws, policies and practices for the delivery of psychiatric care and supports the development of innovative treatments for and research into the causes of severe and persistent psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Mr. Snook is the executive director of the Treatment Advocacy Center. He has more than 15 years of policy and advocacy experience at both the federal and state levels. Prior to joining the Treatment Advocacy Center, John Snook worked on policy issues at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and at Habitat for Humanity International. Mr. Snook is a staunch advocate of mental illness reform, working first with the West Virginia Supreme Court on mental health issues and then at the Treatment Advocacy Center. He received his J.D. from the George Mason School of Law and his B.A. from Washington & Jefferson College. This conversation focuses on: Police encounters with persons with mental illness Assisted Outpatient Treatment Access to mental health care Diversion The conversation was recorded on April 26, 2019 & May 15, 2019. RESOURCES & LINKS The Treatment Advocacy Center: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/ The Treatment Advocacy Center’s Background Papers: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/evidence-and-research/learn-more-about John Snook’s Bio: https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/about-us/staff/3187 ANNOUNCEMENTS Please visit us & subscribe at https://forensicinservice.com For closed caption please visit https://forensicinservice.com/videos EQUIPMENT & SOFTWARE USED IN THIS EPISODE Steve Koonz. used an Audio Technica ATR2005 microphone, running its XLR cable into a Mackie Mix 8 and its USB cable into a HP Envy laptop. Both the Mackie Mix 8 (Main Out L) & the HP Envy (Headphone Jack) were then routed to the left and right channels of a Zoom H4n Pro digital recorder. For editing purposes, the digital recorder was set up to record the channels independent of the other. Steve Koonz used Google Voice for the call. The show was edited in Audacity and Auphonic. We do not have an affiliate relationship with any of these companies mentioned here. CITATIONS Our artwork, Blocked Thoughts, was handpainted by Steve Koonz’s daughter Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. It was then digitalized with our logo by Steve K. Jenn’s work is used with her permission. Our intro and outro music was written and produced by Adam Price. Adam’s father is Dr. Stephen Price--co-host of our show. Adam’s music was used with his permission. This episode was recorded and produced by Steve Koonz. Forensic InService podcast is licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). You are free to copy and redistribute this material in any medium or format. These freedoms cannot be revoked for as long as you follow the license terms. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made, and, if so, you shall not suggest that we endorse those changes. You shall not use this material for commercial purposes, and any derivatives created from this material may not be distributed. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode  

Interview with John Snook of the Treatment Advocacy Center

In this mini episode we discuss what brought us to podcasting and why podcasting is a good medium for professionals to use to build communities, develop a professional voice, disseminate information, and for branding. More and more professionals are utilizing social media, such as Twitter, blogs, Facebook, etc. Podcasts are an excellent alternative or supplement to existing online activities. Toward the goal of encouraging others we talk briefly about our trials and tribulations as we learned to work microphones and other audio gear. When we began this endeavor neither of us had any footprint on the Internet to speak of but through hard work, some fun, as well as considerable frustration we've been able to produce this podcast for a year.  What gear’s involved? For this episode, Dr. Price used an Audio Technica AT 2005 microphone (approx. $100), an iPad, and an iRig2 (approx. $40) to interface with the iPad. Steve Koonz also used an Audio Technica AT 2005 microphone, an iPhone 8, an iRig2, as well as a Mackie Mix8 (approx. $90), and a Zoom H4n Pro digital recorder (approx. $200). We did the call over FaceTime. Dr. Price was recorded remotely. Neither of us have any affiliation with any of the companies or products listed. We also provide information on upcoming episodes. We are currently on a short hiatus in order to coordinate schedules and line up interviews. Currently we have two major projects in the works including an interview with the Treatment Advocacy Center and an in-depth episode on the insanity defense. Our artwork was hand-painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and digitalized by Stephen Koonz. Our music was composed and performed by Adam Price. Both are used with permission. Steve Koonz did the general mixing on this episode before uploading to Auphonic (no affiliation). Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You are free to share, copy, and redistribute this material in any format.

What Brought Us To Podcasting?

In this episode, Steve Price interviews Robert Linville, Attorney at Law. Mr. Linville has been a practicing attorney in New York State for many years. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School and has worked as a private attorney, a public defender, and for several state and international agencies. He is a committed and staunch advocate for his clients. Overview of civil procedural law regarding competency and restoration: Following a finding of incapacitation, misdemeanor defendants are sent to a civil psychiatric facility and simultaneously the accusatory instrument is dismissed. It is up to the evaluating doctors at the hospital to decide whether the person is admitted or released back into the community. That is, there is no court order demanding that the individual be admitted--at least in New York. Defendants charged with a felony are almost always sent to a secure forensic facility for restoration. With felonies, we have the complicating factor of indictment. If a defendant is sent for restoration prior to being indicted, then the burden falls on the district attorney to obtain an indictment within a relatively brief period of time. Should he/she fail to obtain an indictment, the charges are dismissed and the defendant’s status changes from that of a prisoner to being a civil patient. After a defendant has been indicted a couple of things change. First, she/he can be held for restoration for a period of time equivalent to 2/3rds of what they would have been sentenced to had they been convicted of the top charge on the indictment. So, for example, if the top charge on an indictment would have resulted in a 15 year sentence, then the defendant can be continually committed involuntarily at the forensic facility for restoration for a period of time not to exceed 10 years. The only exception to this is a Life sentence--and that’s because there is no 2/3rds of Life. Lastly, any time spent in a psychiatric facility for the purposes of restoration counts toward time served. Another issue that arises is what we refer to as Jackson Relief. This has to do with the Supreme Court case of Jackson v. Indiana. Essentially, there are cases where it becomes apparent that the individual will never be restored and will likely languish in a secure forensic facility for years. Typically, any interested party can petition for Jackson Relief. If granted the order allows for the person to be treated as a civil patient. Specifically, the individual can be transferred to a civil facility or even discharged. But, the charges are not dismissed. They are, essentially in limbo and will remain so unless the person is restored. Moreover, the 2/3rds clock, if you will, stops ticking. If the defendant is ever restored, the district attorney has the prerogative to refile the charges.  This is usually a non-issue because most petitions are brought under the belief that the person’s symptoms are recalcitrant. But, there have been instances when following discharge the individual is arrested again on new charges. If the person is found competent for the new charges, then, as said, the original charges can be re-filed and the person can find themselves facing both. In the courtroom, competency is usually assumed and securing an exam is often a matter of obtaining appropriate historical documents and too often comes down to the defendant’s available financial resources. Mr. Robert W. Linville discusses his strategies and struggles in detail which all criminal justice, law, and forensic social work students should find informative and enlightening. Mr. Linville can be contacted at: Old Chatam, NY Rte 13 Box 94 Old Chatam, NY 12136 Our artwork was handpainted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D., and converted into digital format by Stephen Koonz. Our music was composed and performed by Adam Price. Both are used with permission. Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. You are free to share, copy, and redistribute this material in any format.

Competence & Restoration

Dr. Judy Krysik is an associate professor at and director of the Arizona State University Center for Child Well Being. Her bio can be found at: https://socialwork.asu.edu/content/judy-krysik and the center's webpage can be located at: https://childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP     Over 2 million children in the U.S. experience parental incarceration, and parental incarceration is considered an adverse childhood event (ACE) and is linked to being at-risk for a number of issues including mental health issues and poor physical health. Additional information on parental incarceration can be found at the following links: https://poverty.ucdavis.edu/find/results/parental%20incarceration https://nrccfi.camden.rutgers.edu/files/nrccfi-fact-sheet-2014.pdf https://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/factsheets/pdfs/Factsheet7-Incarceration.pdf   Dr. Krysik joins us this episode to talk about this important issue, the center, and her up-coming conference. The Children of Incarcerated Parents National Conference seeks to bring together professionals across a multitude of child well-being disciplines to share information and research across our silos to discuss solutions in reducing the stigma of parental incarceration. The conference will be held April 14-17, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix Hotel. For more information visit: https://childwellbeing.asu.edu/CIP   Forensic InService podcast by Stephen Koonz & Stephen Price is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.  Our artwork was painted by Jenn Koonz, Ph.D. and our music written and performed by Adam Price. Both are used with permission.

Children with Incarcerated Parents

Forensic InService discusses the application of psychiatric, psychological, and social work evidence-based practice to matters of assessment and treatment, law, corrections, crime, and delinquency. We examine such concerns as the insanity defense, the high incarceration rate of individuals with mental illness, encounters with law enforcement, and the community management of sex offenders, as well as such macro concerns as the availability of treatment services, public perceptions of people with mental illness, and concerns related to social justice.

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