Assessment scales

Question 1

Historical Clinical Risk Management 20 (HCR-20)

Answer 1

Structured professional judgement tool to assess psychosocial functioning as it relates to violence risk amongst adults

10 historical, 5 clinical, 5 risk management items

Question 2

Spousal Assault Risk Assessment (SARA)

Answer 2

20 item structured risk assessment tool

Help gauge the risk of future violence when there has been a history of DV / sexual offense has been a partner or partner’s child

Question 3

Sexual Violence Risk 20 (SVR-20)

Answer 3

Assess sexual reoffending risk

20 items related to 3 domains: psychosocial adjustment, sexual offences, future plans

Question 4

Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R)

Answer 4

Assess individual’s level of psychopathy

Commonly used in combination with structures risk assessment instruments

Question 5

Static-99R

Answer 5

Actuarial tool comprised of 10 static, historical risk factors

Commonly used for estimating the likelihood of sexual recidivism

Question 6

Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG)

Answer 6

Actuarial instrument for violence risk assessment

Reliant on historical factors

12 items, including one based on PCL-R score

Question 7

Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG)

Answer 7

One of the most commonly used and best validated actuarial tools

Assessment of violent recidivism risk in sexual offenders

Modification of the VRAG

14 items, including the PCL-R score

Question 8

HoNOS-secure

Answer 8

Measures clinical outcomes

Set of the original 12 HoNOS scales with the addition of the ‘security scales’, which record the outcome of a clinical assessment of the current need for secure / forensic care

NOT a risk assessment tool

Question 9

DUNDRUM-1

Answer 9

11 item risk assessment tool - uses both scores on individual items and distribution of scores to inform judgement

Assist clinical decision making regarding patient placement

Question 10

DUNDRUM quartet

Answer 10

3rd generation risk assessment tool

Items anchored to specific definitions of low, medium, and high security - assists clinical decision making in relation to allocating people to levels of security

Question 11

Risk of Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP)

Answer 11

Structured professional judgement tool for assessing risk of sexual violence

Question 12

Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM)

Answer 12

Structured professional judgement tool for assessing risk of stalking behaviours

Question 13

Risk Matrix 2000 (RM2000)

Answer 13

Actuarial

Risk Matrix 2000 consists of 3 scales. A prediction scale for sexual offending, a prediction scale for non-sexual violence engaged in by sex offenders, and a combination of the first two scales and predicts sexual or other violence

Question 14

Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offence Recidivism (RRASOR)

Answer 14

Actuarial

The RRASOR has just 4 items:
Prior sexual arrests
Age
Ever targeted male victims
Whether any victims unrelated to the offender