There are a large number of structured instruments that assist in the assessment of
antisocial, violent and sexual risk, and their use appears to be increasing in mental health …

Actuarial risk assessment tools are used extensively to predict future violence, but previous
studies comparing their predictive accuracies have produced inconsistent findings as a …

There has been considerable research on relative predictive accuracy (ie, discrimination) in
offender risk assessment (eg, Are high-risk offenders more likely to reoffend than low-risk …

Abstract The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) was developed in the early 1990s, and
approximately 60 replications around the world have shown its utility for the appraisal of …

Accurate predictions of future reconviction, including those for violent crimes, have been
shown to be greatly aided by the use of formal risk assessment instruments. However, it is …

Structured risk assessment should guide clinical risk management, but it is uncertain which
instrument has the highest predictive accuracy among men and women. In the present …

BackgroundRates of violence in persons identified as high risk by structured risk
assessment instruments (SRAIs) are uncertain and frequently unreported by validation …

The predictive ability of static risk assessment instruments may be explained by a limited
number of their items. This study examined the independent predictive accuracy of …

BackgroundRisk assessment of future violent acts is of great importance for both public
protection and care planning. Structured clinical assessments offer a method by which …

Assessing the predictive accuracy of actuarial risk assessment tools requires consideration
of discrimination (the differences between recidivists and nonrecidivists) and calibration (the …