Applying Multicultural Diversity Guidelines (Essay Sample)

Applying Multicultural/Diversity Guidelines
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Essay Outline
* Introduction
* Examples of Multicultural/Diversity Guidelines
* Guideline #1 extracted from APAs Guidelines on "APA Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists”
* Guideline #4 extracted from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations”
* Guideline #5 extracted from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations”
* The Why, How, and Application of Each Guideline
* Role, Setting and Population
* To work as a homicide detective
* The setting that I shall differ depending on the circumstances.
* The population that I shall be working will similarly differ with the situation I am working in.
* Conclusion
Abstract
The role of a forensic psychologist as a homicide detective is chosen for the purposes of this paper. The unethical and amoral manner which detectives conduct themselves is discussed as the root cause of this lack of cooperation. Several multicultural guidelines are described and discussed. The application of the guidelines together with the role settings and populations are discussed. A conclusion is given at the end.
Applying Multicultural/Diversity Guidelines
The forensic psychology role that I have chosen for this paper is that of being a homicide detective. Researcher Westmarland (2013), notes that many witnesses are often afraid of revenge attacks and are thus not willing to talk to the police because of this. Other witnesses do not wish to speak to the police, because as minorities either them or other members of their race have been oppressed by law enforcement officials thus they feel no need to help officers (Westmarland, 2013). One of the main issues that people have with investigating officers is that they believe that most of them are corrupt (Viswanathan, 2012). Thus, quite a number of detectives have conducted themselves in a manner that is amoral and unethical resulting in the conviction of thousands of people who are factually innocent (Innocenceproject.org, n.d.). As a forensic psychologist I do not intend to follow these immoral paths that have been paved by unethical officers.
Three Multicultural/Diversity Guidelines
The following are 3 multicultural/diversity guidelines that I feel are the most crucial to the role played by a forensic psychologist as a homicide detective:
1 Guideline #1 extracted from APAs Guidelines on "APA Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists" advices psychology professionals to be aware that everyone including themselves has certain beliefs/ opinions that can negatively influence their understanding of people from other ethnic or racial extractions (Rothenberg and Munshi, 2015).
2 Guideline #4 extracted from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations" states that all practitioners in the field of psychology should be aware of the influences and roles of family members and socio-economic and cultural groupings and how their ideologies, principles and hierarchy affects the lifestyle choices of the client (APA, 1990).
3 Guideline #5 extracted from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations" demands that psychology professionals should respect the client’s theological beliefs and ideologies being that they influence his or her world view and psychosocial functioning (APA, 1990).
The Why, How, and Application of Each Guideline
I picked the earlier three guidelines as being essential to the occupation of a homicide detective for the reasons bellow:
1 I picked guideline #1 from the "APA guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists" (APA, 2002) since homicide detectives interact with individuals that come from different races and ethnicities from theirs daily. This guideline is essential considering that minority groups are over-represented in the correctional systems (Westmarland, 2013). I may implement this guideline through educating myself on diverse cultures and races to build trust amidst I and these populations.
2 I picked guideline #4 from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations" (APA, 1990) since it deals with subjects of hierarchy, ranking amidst people, beliefs and values in various racial and ethnic communities. It is essential to establishing relationships with differing groups of individuals. I might apply this guideline through getting to know the diverse groups and similar organizations in my jurisdiction so that I can be aware of the right channels to pass through while trying to get data from mentioned groups.
3 I picked guideline #4 from the "APA Guidelines for Providers of Psychological Services to Ethnic, Linguistic, and Culturally Diverse Populations" (APA, 1990) since it deals with the subjects of religion and/or spiritual values and beliefs. This guideline ought to be employed by homicide detectives by learning about the religious and spiritual beliefs of diverse groups of individuals they work with so as to understand them better. It could be applied in circumstances whe...