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Assessing risk for violence among male and female civil psychiatric patients: the HCR‐20, PCL:SV, and VSC
Author(s) -
Nicholls Tonia L.,
Ogloff James R. P.,
Douglas Kevin S.
Publication year - 2004
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.579
Subject(s) - psychopathy checklist , checklist , predictive validity , psychiatry , psychopathy , medicine , poison control , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , clinical psychology , antisocial personality disorder , psychology , medical emergency , personality , pathology , social psychology , cognitive psychology
This study evaluated the predictive validity of violence risk assessments conducted using the HCR‐20, the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV), and by the Violence Screening Checklist (VSC) in a sample of 268 involuntarily hospitalized male and female psychiatric patients. Information pertaining to violence and crime was coded from medical charts and correctional records. The HCR‐20/PCL:SV evidenced modest non‐significant associations in postdictive assessments of inpatient violence among men. Moderate to strong significant associations were found between the HCR‐20/PCL:SV and inpatient violence among women. Pseudo‐prospective assessments using the HCR‐20 and PCL:SV resulted in moderate to large relationships with violence and crime in men and women following community discharge. It is concluded that the VSC is a promising tool for assessing acute inpatient violence risk with men. Findings offer preliminary validation of the predictive validity of the HCR‐20 and PCL:SV with female civil psychiatric patients. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.