RT Article
T1 The HCR-20 Violence Risk Assessment Scheme
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 26
IS 3
SP 373
OP 388
A1 Douglas, Kevin S.
A2 Webster, Christopher D. 1936-
LA English
YR 1999
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640112871
AB The Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management (HCR-20) violence risk assessment scheme was coded in a sample of 75 Canadian male, federally sentenced, maximum-security offenders. The concurrent validity of the HCR-20 was assessed through comparison to other risk instruments and to the presence of several past indexes of violent and antisocial behavior. The HCR-20 showed moderate to strong relationships with the concurrent measures. The HCR-20 was as or more strongly related to past violence than were the Psychopathy ChecklistΓÇöRevised or the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide. Scores above the median of the HCR-20 increased the odds of the presence of various measures of past violence and antisocial behavior by an average of four times. Although recognizing the limitations of a small sample and retrospective design, the results give some indication that the HCR-20 may be worth investigating as a useful tool for violence risk assessments in correctional samples
K1 Einstellungen
K1 Kriminalität
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Niederlande