RT Article
T1 Norwegian developments and perspectives on violence risk assessment
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 41
IS 12
SP 1384
OP 1397
A1 Bjørkly, Stål
A2 Hartvig, Pål
A2 Roaldset, John Olav
A2 Singh, Jay P.
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1885254776
AB The first Norwegian tools designed to assess the violence risk of the mentally ill were developed in the late 1980s, though the first national guidelines for both violence and suicide risk assessment were not published until two decades later in 2007. This article reviews the history of the field of forensic risk assessment in Norway from its humble beginnings to the present day. First an overview is provided of the history of forensic psychiatry and the criminal justice system. The main scope, however, is to discuss current research on and practice of risk assessment of violence in Norway, with an emphasis on the development and use of Norwegian risk assessment tools and methods. Particular attention is paid to instruments that follow the structured professional judgment model of risk assessment, as actuarial tools are rarely researched and not routinely implemented in clinical practice in Norway. Finally, a brief analysis is provided of some controversies concerning risk assessment in the expert witness reports on Anders Behring Breivik, who murdered 77 persons in 2011.
K1 Norway
K1 Forensic
K1 Mental Disorder
K1 Violence risk assessment
K1 Violent offenders
DO 10.1177/0093854814547949