Protecting People From Harm: The Importance of Violence Risk Assessment and Management

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (45) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura S. Guy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Violence Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Assessment And Management

A Prevention-Based Paradigm for Violence Risk Assessment

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin S. Douglas ◽  
P. Randall Kropp
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Professional Judgment ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Clinical Prediction ◽  
Violence Risk Assessment ◽  
Validation Procedure ◽  
Actuarial Prediction ◽  
Structured Professional Judgment ◽  
Risk Assessment And Management

The rationale for this article was to outline and describe an emerging model of prevention-based violence risk assessment and management and to discuss attendant clinical and research implications. This model draws on structured professional judgment rather than on actuarial prediction or unstructured clinical prediction. Its purpose is to prevent violence through the assessment of relevant violence risk factors and the application of risk management and intervention strategies that flow directly from these factors. The authors discuss the nature of the clinical tasks that stem from the model as well as a four-step validation procedure required to evaluate it.

Evaluating and Managing the Risk of Violence in Clinical Practice with Adults

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Murrie ◽  
Sharon Kelley
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Forensic Psychology ◽  
Threat Assessment ◽  
Routine Care ◽  
Basic Knowledge ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Violence Risk Assessment ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Risk Assessment And Management

Although concerns about violence risk emerge regularly in routine clinical practice, many clinicians feel underprepared to assess and manage violence risk. One problem is that the rich knowledge base underlying violence risk assessment has largely remained in the specialties of forensic psychology and psychiatry, where it has been less familiar to clinicians in general practice. In this chapter we review the legal and ethical parameters that guide clinician appraisals of violence risk, and then we summarize the foundational knowledge and techniques—from both the forensic psychology approach and the emerging field of threat assessment. By integrating basic knowledge and practices from these specialized disciplines, clinicians can more comfortably incorporate violence risk assessment and management into their routine care for patients, better infuse risk assessment into the start of treatment, monitor risk over the course of treatment, and respond appropriately to any threats of violence that emerge.

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