Criminal offendersGhanaHCR-20(V3)RecidivismRisk assessmentThe frequency with which assessment for risk of criminal offending is requested across mental health and criminal justice systems in Western countries is historically unprecedented. However, information concerning risk assessment practices and research ...
that it says use risk assessments during the sentencing process. Legislation pending in Congress would also make such assessments part of the process for federal offenders. The department is urging the commission, an independent
The overrepresentation of individuals with an intellectual disability (ID) in the criminal justice system is an established phenomenon. Recently there has been an increased focus in the literature on risk assessment of offenders with an ID. A supplemental guide to the HCR-20 (Webster, Douglas, ...
Self-prediction by criminal justice involved clients has not been typically implemented in risk assessment procedures, yet clients have unique self-knowledge that may add to the assessment of risk. The Transition Inventory is an eight scale self-prediction measure that addresses areas that are a prec...
The aim of this study was to compare the long-term predictive validity of the PCL-R for offenders with severe mental disorders, substance abuse and personality disorders and for offenders without mental disorders. The sample consisted of 262 perpetrators who were assessed for their criminal ...
there is no way of knowing whether that offender would have been one of the 15 per cent of offenders who would not have re-offended (Hugh Magee “The Criminal Character: A Critique of Contemporary Risk Assessment and Preventive Detention of Criminal Offenders in New Zealand” 19 ...
A considerable proportion of convicted sex offenders maintain a stance of innocence and thus do not engage in recommended treatment programmes. As a result, such offenders are often deemed to have outstanding criminogenic needs which may negatively impact upon risk assessment procedures and parole elig...
The assessment of sexual offender recidivism risk is an important aspect of developing effective management strategies for sexual offenders in terms of placement, treatment, and other interventions. Researchers have developed numerous tools to aid in the assessment of sexual violence recidivism risk, ...
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Similarly, the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ; Loza, 2005) has both static and dynamic items embedded in a single subscale (i.e., Criminal Tendencies). Our Re-Entry: Dynamic Risk Assessment study explicitly differentiates between static and dynamic variables. It is necessary that a dynamic ...