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This is the document containing the case study used for the essay "Identifying Risk Factors of a Young Offender and Comparing Therapeutic Intervention to Imprisonment"

This essay explores a fictional case study of a young offender. The risk factors for this individual are identified from 5 domains- Individual, Peer, Family, Community and Education. The role each of these have had on the individual are explored before two intervention methods are compared, these being Multi-Systemic Therapy vs Imprisonment.

All essays that critically analyse the effectiveness of 4 interviewing techniques: Accusatorial Approach, Information-Gathering Approach, False Evidence Ploys and Imposing a High Cognitive Load to detect deception. Each essay is formatted in a way to suggest which policies should be used and arguments for each are made. Essay graded at 65.

The strengths and weaknesses of imposing a high cognitive load on the suspect whilst they are giving their account in interview to reduce lying is explored. All points are critically evaluated and supported with references.

A mini essay on the strengths and weaknesses of using a bottom up, information-gathering approach when interviewing adult suspects. Each point contains critical analysis and the argument that this technique is extremely effective is put forward and explored.

The strengths and weaknesses of using False Evidence Ploys when interviewing adult suspects is explored. This is when the police pressure the suspect by telling them that they have evidence on them or a witness that can put the suspect at the crime scene in order to elicit a confession out of them when in reality, the police fabricate this evidence. All points are supported by references and critically analysed before the judgement that this technique is ineffective and should not be used i...

The strengths and weaknesses of using accusatorial interviewing techniques such as the REID technique are explored, before suggestions are made as to why it is not a suitable interviewing technique to be used when conducting police interviews on adult suspects.

This is a roughly 2000 word essay, I received a 67 for this essay. It describes both what Cultural Criminology is as well as addressing the criticisms made my Roger Matthews and offering counter points. Both the strengths and weaknesses of Cultural Criminology are explored before a conclusion is made for the role Cultural Criminology can play in analysing the trend of crime.