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Version 3 of the Historical‐Clinical‐Risk Management‐20 (HCR‐20 V3 ): Relevance to Violence Risk Assessment and Management in Forensic Conditional Release Contexts
Author(s) -
Douglas Kevin S.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
behavioral sciences and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1099-0798
pISSN - 0735-3936
DOI - 10.1002/bsl.2134
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , risk management , context (archaeology) , risk assessment , insanity , psychology , risk management tools , risk analysis (engineering) , psychiatry , medicine , actuarial science , computer science , business , computer security , political science , finance , law , paleontology , biology
The conditional release of insanity acquittees requires decisions both about community risk level and the contextual factors that may mitigate or aggravate risk. This article discusses the potential role of the newly revised Historical‐Clinical‐Risk Management‐20 (HCR‐20, Version 3) within the conditional release context. A brief review of the structured professional judgment (SPJ) approach to violence risk assessment and management is provided. Version 2 of the HCR‐20, which has been broadly adopted and evaluated, is briefly described. New features of Version 3 of the HCR‐20 with particular relevance to conditional release decision‐making are reviewed, including: item indicators; ratings of the relevance of risk factors to an individual's violence; risk formulation; scenario planning; and risk management planning. Version 3 of the HCR‐20 includes a number of features that should assist evaluators and decision‐makers to determine risk level, as well as to anticipate and specify community conditions and contexts that may mitigate or aggravate risk. Research on the HCR‐20 Version 3 using approximately 800 participants across three settings (forensic psychiatric, civil psychiatric, correctional) and eight countries is reviewed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.