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Risk Assessments For Predicting Future Violence

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Risk Assessments For Predicting Future Violence

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For the past decades, research has produced several assessment tools designed in such a

manner that they facilitate the assessing of risk of future violence. Even thought it still maybe

impossible to forecast risk with unequivocal accuracy, there are tools that have undoubtedly

made better predictive assessment, especially once utilized together with clinical evaluations.

Most of the said instruments are still being refined, with continued research and the

incorporation of new findings. Examples of the risk assessment tools are such as Psychopathy

Checklist - Revised (PCL-R), Psychopathy and the Checklist – Youth Version (PCL:YV) (Yang,

Wong & Coid, 2010). The aforementioned tools are considered to have high accuracy levels as

they attach certain statistical weighting to diverse variables that access the intended risk.

Concerning the Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R), although it was not initially

designed as one of the risk assessment tools, it has slowly come to be utilized to access probable

future recidivism, as well as, violent offending (Yang, Wong & Coid, 2010). It comes as a 20-

item rating scale, which is scored in accordance to a semi-structured interview, as well as,

collateral samples. Recent research indicates that it is considerably an ideal predictor of violent

behavior across diverse populations.

About the Psychopathy Checklist – Youth Version (PCL:YV), it assists in the

identification of prospective patterns of bullying, fighting, cheating and other antisocial acts

among the youths, Early identification of the aforementioned traits is vital, not just for the

youths’ near future, but also for their growth into adulthood (Yang, Wong & Coid, 2010). It is a

20-item scale that was specifically designed to be used with adolescents for purposes of

assessing psychopathic features. It has actually been validated for utilization with boys and girls

within the age range of 12 to 17 years. In overall, it has accuracy rates that can be considered as

some how satisfactory.

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Running head: RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE VIOLENCE Risk Assessments For Predicting Future Violence Student Name: Institutional Affiliation: Date: 1 RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR PREDICTING FUTURE VIOLENCE 2 For the past decades, research has produced several assessment tools designed in such a manner that they facilitate the assessing of risk of future violence. Even thought it still maybe impossible to forecast risk with unequivocal accuracy, there are tools that have undoubtedly made better predictive assessment, especially once utilized together with clinical evaluations. Most of the said instruments are still being refined, with continued research and the incorporation of new findings. Examples of the risk assessment tools are such as Psychopathy Checklist - Revised (PCL-R), Psychopathy and the Checklist – Youth Version (PCL:YV) (Yang, Wong & Coid, 2010). The aforementioned ...
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