Search for dissertations about: "HCR-20"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word HCR-20.

2. 1. Violence risk assessment in male and female mentally disordered offenders : differences and similarities

   Author : Susanne Strand; Henrik Belfrage; Kirsten Rasmussen; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Risk assessment; HCR-20; psychopathy; PCL:SV; female offenders; mentally disordered offenders; antisocial behavior; violent recidivism; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap;

   Abstract : When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. READ MORE

4. 2. Mental illness and criminal behavior : individual characteristics related to criminal conduct among violent offenders with schizophrenia

   Author : Anders Tengström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Criminality; Forensic psychiatry; HCR-20; Psychopathy; PCL; Risk assessment; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse; Violent crime; VRAG;

   Abstract : During the last decades, interest has increased in structured risk assessment of future violence as well as in research addressing the link between schizophrenia and violence. The overall aim of this study was to extend our knowledge concerning risk assessment and the connection between schizophrenia and criminal behavior. READ MORE

5. 3. Personality disorder and violent criminality : a follow-up study with special reference to psychopathy and risk assessment

   Author : Martin Grann; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Forensic psychiatry; forensic psychology; personality disorders; psychopathy; PCL-R; HCR-20; VRAG; risk assessment; receiver operating characteristic analysis; neural network;

   Abstract : Background: Structured models for the assessment of psychopathy and risk of violent recidivism have gained currency in forensic and correctional practice in many countries. The overall aim of this study was to test the predictive validity of some of these models among violent offenders with personality disorders in Sweden. READ MORE

6. 4. Risk and prediction of violent crime in forensic psychiatry

   Author : Christina Gustavson; Malmö Rättspsykiatri; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; violence; forensic risk assessment; risk factors; recidivism;

   Abstract : Objective: To test the predictive accuracy for violent recidivism of the age at onset of substance abuse, the platelet MAO-B activity, and various combinations of criminological and clinical risk factors among violent offenders in a prospective Swedish follow-up study. Subjects: One hundred violent offenders, consecutively admitted for forensic psychiatric investigations between 1998 and 2001 (baseline). READ MORE

7. 5. Structured clinical assessment and management of risk of violent recidivism in mentally disordered offenders

   Author : Mats Dernevik; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Forensic; violence risk; risk assessment; risk management; recidivism; and clinical implementation;

   Abstract : Background: The assessment of risk of violence among mentally disordered offenders has been a controversial but well-researched area in forensic psychology and psychiatry during the last decades. The main focus of this research has been on the predictive validity of various risk factors and methods of combining risk factors to gain the highest possible predictive accuracy. READ MORE