List of contributors; Foreword; Introduction and Overview; Part 1: Core Themes and Critical Analysis of the Field; 1. Approaches to Violence Risk Assessment: Overview, Critical Analysis, and Future Directions; 2. The Use of Measures of Psychopathy in Violence Risk Assessment; 3. Brief and Emerging Violence Risk Assessment Measures; 4. Constitutional and Evidentiary Issues Concerning Risk Assessment; Part 2: Empirical-Actuarial Measures; 5. The Classification of Violence Risk (COVR); 6. The Static-99R: An Empirical-Actuarial Risk Tool for Adult Males with a History of Sexual Offending; 7. Actuarial Guides for Appraising the Risk of Violent Reoffending Among General Offenders, Sex Offenders, and Domestic Assaulters; Part 3: Rational-Actuarial Measures; 8. Risk/Need Assessment for Adults and Older Adolescents: The Level of Service (LS) Instruments; 9. The Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory; 10. Two Treatment and Change Oriented Risk Assessment Tools: The Violence Risk Scale (VRS) and Violence Risk Scale–Sexual Offense Version (VRS-SO); Part 4: Structured Professional Judgment Measures; 11. The Early Assessment Risk Lists for Boys (EARL-20B) and Girls (EARL-21G); 12. The Science of and Practice with the HCR-20V3 (Historical-Clinical-Risk Management – 20, Version 3); 13. The Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol-II (J-SOAP-II); 14. Structured Professional Judgment Guidelines for Sexual Violence Risk Assessment: The Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20) Versions 1 and 2 and Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP); 15. Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START); 16. The Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (SARA); 17. The Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk (SAPROF); 18. The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY); Index
Kevin S. Douglas, LLB, PhD, is Professor of Clinical-Forensic Psychology at Simon Fraser University; Researcher at Helse Bergen HF Competence Centre in Forensic Psychiatry; and Senior Research Advisor at the Oslo University Hospital Competence Centre in Forensic Psychiatry.
Randy K. Otto, PhD, ABPP, has been a faculty member at the University of South Florida since 1989. His primary appointment is in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, and he has adjunct appointments in the Departments of Psychology and Criminology.
My endorsement of the Handbook’s 2010 edition predicted it would
become violence risk assessment’s "best sourcebook for the next
decade." It did, and this new edition will do the same. Thoroughly
updated, revised and expanded, this comprehensive and dependable
resource should be within reach whether you are a forensic
clinician, researcher or trainee. —Thomas Grisso, PhD, emeritus
professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School.Staying
abreast of newly published and updated violence risk assessment
tools is a challenge. This compendium provides a current,
authoritative, concise review of major tools—and will be an
indispensable resource for forensic and correctional practitioners.
—Jennifer Skeem, Florence Krenz Mack Professor of Social Welfare,
professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of
California, BerkeleyThe science and practice of managing violence
risk are both changing fast. The editors have engaged first-rate
scientists and practitioners to provide a state-of-the art overview
of this vital—but challenging—field. The result is authoritative,
scholarly yet inherently practical. The new edition of this classic
handbook is essential reading for those tasked with managing those
at risk of violence. The guidance provided is not only clinically
astute but also rock-solid scientifically.—David J. Cooke, PhD,
faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayThe
latest edition is an invaluable resource for clinicians, lawyers,
and judges – and a must-read for students. Retaining the strengths
of the first edition, original chapters have been updated to
reflect the rapid developments in the field as well as the
substantial revisions and further evaluations of the measures.
Chapters reviewing additional measures have been added, and a new
chapter summarizes screening and emerging measures. The chapter
that describes key legal issues and developments is a necessary and
welcome addition. —James R. P. Ogloff, University Distinguished
Professor & Director, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science,
Swinburne University and Forensicare, Melbourne, Australia.This
book is a compendium of information and evidence relating to the
most important risk assessment guidance available today. As such,
it is an essential resource for practitioners working in a wide
range of forensic mental health, criminal justice, and civil
settings, and with children and young people as well as with
adults. Whether you are an established practitioner or early in
your career, this volume should be required reading to inform
professional decision-making as regards violence risk assessment
and management. —Caroline Logan, MA, MAppSci, DPhil, Greater
Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of
Manchester, Manchester, UKThe editors have widened and deepened the
scope of Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment. New chapters
authoritatively address the continuous arrival of new instruments
and approaches and the challenges of presenting the results of
violence risk assessments in court. The first edition has been the
go-to volume for facts and theory in this field for 10 years. The
second edition looks set to achieve the same status.—Alec Buchanan,
PhD, MD, Division of Law & Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine I
wish the editors, the contributors, and the publisher all due
success for the new edition. It is not a book that needs to be
shelved; it needs to be read. My hope, too, is that that some
evaluees, and perhaps their counsel, will benefit from gaining a
close understanding of how the many formats are designed to work
and how the ensuing results should be interpreted. The work we do
has far-reaching implications for making decisions on behalf of
civilly-detained patients, forensic psychiatric patients, and
persons held in prisons while suffering from mental and personality
disorders. The book is a "call to arms."—From the "Foreword" by
Christopher D. Webster, PhD, professor emeritus of psychology at
Simon Fraser University
My endorsement of the Handbook’s 2010 edition predicted it would
become violence risk assessment’s "best sourcebook for the next
decade." It did, and this new edition will do the same. Thoroughly
updated, revised and expanded, this comprehensive and dependable
resource should be within reach whether you are a forensic
clinician, researcher or trainee. —Thomas Grisso, PhD, emeritus
professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School.Staying
abreast of newly published and updated violence risk assessment
tools is a challenge. This compendium provides a current,
authoritative, concise review of major tools—and will be an
indispensable resource for forensic and correctional practitioners.
—Jennifer Skeem, Florence Krenz Mack Professor of Social Welfare,
professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of
California, BerkeleyThe science and practice of managing violence
risk are both changing fast. The editors have engaged first-rate
scientists and practitioners to provide a state-of-the art overview
of this vital—but challenging—field. The result is authoritative,
scholarly yet inherently practical. The new edition of this classic
handbook is essential reading for those tasked with managing those
at risk of violence. The guidance provided is not only clinically
astute but also rock-solid scientifically.—David J. Cooke, PhD,
faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NorwayThe
latest edition is an invaluable resource for clinicians, lawyers,
and judges – and a must-read for students. Retaining the strengths
of the first edition, original chapters have been updated to
reflect the rapid developments in the field as well as the
substantial revisions and further evaluations of the measures.
Chapters reviewing additional measures have been added, and a new
chapter summarizes screening and emerging measures. The chapter
that describes key legal issues and developments is a necessary and
welcome addition. —James R. P. Ogloff, University Distinguished
Professor & Director, Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science,
Swinburne University and Forensicare, Melbourne, Australia.This
book is a compendium of information and evidence relating to the
most important risk assessment guidance available today. As such,
it is an essential resource for practitioners working in a wide
range of forensic mental health, criminal justice, and civil
settings, and with children and young people as well as with
adults. Whether you are an established practitioner or early in
your career, this volume should be required reading to inform
professional decision-making as regards violence risk assessment
and management. —Caroline Logan, MA, MAppSci, DPhil, Greater
Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of
Manchester, Manchester, UKThe editors have widened and deepened the
scope of Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment. New chapters
authoritatively address the continuous arrival of new instruments
and approaches and the challenges of presenting the results of
violence risk assessments in court. The first edition has been the
go-to volume for facts and theory in this field for 10 years. The
second edition looks set to achieve the same status.—Alec Buchanan,
PhD, MD, Division of Law & Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine I
wish the editors, the contributors, and the publisher all due
success for the new edition. It is not a book that needs to be
shelved; it needs to be read. My hope, too, is that that some
evaluees, and perhaps their counsel, will benefit from gaining a
close understanding of how the many formats are designed to work
and how the ensuing results should be interpreted. The work we do
has far-reaching implications for making decisions on behalf of
civilly-detained patients, forensic psychiatric patients, and
persons held in prisons while suffering from mental and personality
disorders. The book is a "call to arms."—From the "Foreword" by
Christopher D. Webster, PhD, professor emeritus of psychology at
Simon Fraser UniversityThis second edition of the Handbook of
Violence Risk Assessment demonstrates the maturity of risk
assessment research and practice. Chapters on the most important
risk assessment tools provide support for their psychometric
properties as well as their clinical utility, illustrated with rich
case material. Additionally, this second edition focuses on
fundamental legal issues concerning risk assessment, gaps in the
research literature and newly developed risk assessment tools. This
book is an excellent resource for both scientists and practitioners
who want a comprehensive review of risk assessment tools for all
types of offending in different age groups.—Corine de Ruiter, PhD,
Professor of Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, The
Netherlands
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