Current Mood:  drained
I am taking today off because I can. Yesterday I did 3 of the assessment tests and it mentally drained me. We have to give these assessments to every one on our case load every 6 months. The goal is to determine how much of a risk they are in the community. Depending on the honesty and openness of the person being interviewed if can be vary form disturbing conversation to a interrogation. And can last any where from 45 min to 3 hours.
During this interview we touch on every aspect of deviancy and flawed world views.
It takes a bit of wrangling before most people will admit to daily fantasies about children. Some never admit to any thing close to the truth. We alternate form “buddy buddy” to “good cop, bad cop” and flat out calling someone a liar.
For the most part it is entertaining and challenging but it is draining. The cool thing is that I make my own schedule and today I am playing Gameboy. |