Violence Risk Assessment: Principles and Models Bridging Prediction to Management (From Violent and Sexual Offenders: Assessment, Treatment and Management, P 3-26, 2009, Jane L. Ireland, Carol A. Ireland, and Philip Birch, eds. -- See NCJ-227476)

• NCJ Number: 227477
• Author(s): Jennifer A.A. Lavoie; Laura S. Guy; Kevin S. Douglas
• Date Published: 2009
• Length: 24 pages
• Sale Source: Willan Publishing
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This chapter reviews efforts in the field of violence risk assessment, focusing on conceptual developments and challenges in the risk-assessment field, how they are incorporated into prevailing models of risk assessment and management, and the future of the field.

Abstract

This chapter supports maximizing the relevance of violence risk assessment to risk management and risk reduction efforts. For this reason, dynamic risk and randomized control trials are viewed as two potential areas of research that represent the most promising avenues for furthering the development of risk assessment scholarship. Continued efforts to identify the most promising changeable or dynamic risk factors will inform the second goal of implementing violence reduction interventions flowing from sound risk assessment procedures. Interpersonal violence is a social concern that cuts across geographical, religious, and racial boundaries. A viable avenue for containing these human and financial costs resulting from violence is violence risk assessment. If conducted carefully, such assessments have the potential to evaluate and manage risk of future violence, thereby playing a critical role in preventing violence. The chapter focuses on a review of efforts in the developments within the risk-assessment field. References