The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal
sentencing, both to reduce recidivism by incapacitating or treating high-risk offenders and to …

The objective of the present review was to examine how predictive validity is analyzed and
reported in studies of instruments used to assess violence risk. We reviewed 47 predictive …

This book arises from a three-year study of Preventive Justice directed by Professor Andrew
Ashworth and Professor Lucia Zedner at the University of Oxford. The study seeks to …

Over recent years, a variety of instruments that improve clinicians' ability to forecast the
likelihood that an individual will behave violently have been published. Increasingly, these …

This article considers the challenges associated with completing risk assessments in
countering violent extremism. In particular, it is concerned with risk assessment of those who …

Formulation of violence risk has been a neglected topic in forensic mental health. This
neglect may have been due to the proliferation of actuarial risk assessment procedures in …

This paper addresses growing professional discontents with the increasing formalisation of
social work practice exerted through systems of risk management and audit. Drawing on an …

This study surveyed 199 forensic clinicians about the practices that they use in assessing
violence risk in juvenile and adult offenders. Results indicated that the use of risk …

Risk assessments are conducted at a number of decision points in criminal procedure
including in bail, sentencing and parole as well as in determining extended supervision and …

Criminal Recidivism intends to fill a gap in the criminological psychology literature by
examining the processes underlying persistent criminal careers. This book aims to …