HCR‐20. Assessing risk for violence, version 2. By C. Webster, K. Douglas, D. Eaves and S. Hart. Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute, British Columbia. 1997. 98 + vii pp

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VIOLENCE RISK ASSESSMENT: Getting Specific About Being Dynamic (2005, background): “…most research on the HCR-20 focuses on mentally disordered offenders, general offenders, and forensic patients (for reviews, see Arbisi, 2003; Buchanan, 2001; Cooper, 2003; Mossman, 2000; Witt, 2000), its predictive utility has been found in at least two samples to generalize to psychiatric…”
Science Current Directions in Psychological Current Directions in Violence Risk Assessment on Behalf Of: Association for Psychological Science (unknown): “As Webster et al. (1997, p. 22) have stated, ''it makes little sense to sum the number of risk factors present in a given case . . . [I] t is both possible and reasonable for an assessor to conclude that an assessee is at high risk for violence based on the presence of a single risk factor.''”
Predictive validity performance indicators in violence risk assessment: a methodological primer. (2013, methodology): “Inventory-Revised (LSI-R; Andrews & Bonta, 1995), and the Historical, Clinical, Risk Management-20 (HCR-20; Webster, Douglas, Eaves, & Hart, 1997) were designed to use more than a single threshold.”
Offender Risk Assessment (2002, background): “Yet efforts to keep psychological disturbance factors in the assessment of offender risk continue as exemplified in theHCR20 (Webster et al., 1997).”
Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment and Treatment: New Approaches for Mental Health Professionals (2009, methodology): “The most widely researched structured professional judgment guide is the HCR-20 (Webster et al., 1997).”
Comparative Validity Analysis of Multiple Measures of Violence Risk in a Sample of Criminal Offenders (2005, methodology): “Of these instruments, the HCR-20 (Webster et al., 1997) was developed for the assessment of risk for general violence (i.e., as opposed to a certain type of violence, such as sexual violence).”