Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20, Version 3 (HCR-20V3): Development and Overview
Describes the development and structure of Version 3 of the HCR-20, a structured professional judgement scheme for assessing risk of violence. Sets out the revised Historical, Clinical, and Risk-Management item domains, the coding and formulation process, and the multi-country evidence base underpinning the revision.
Publisher
International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
Published
1 Apr 2014
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Key Findings
- Presents the revised 20-item V3 structure and its structured-professional-judgement coding and formulation process.
- Summarises reliability and validity evidence drawn from multi-site, multi-country development samples.
- Positions V3 within structured-professional-judgement practice rather than actuarial prediction for violence risk.
Methodology Notes
Development-and-overview article for the HCR-20 Version 3 scheme (the instrument manual itself is a separately published book, Douglas, Hart, Webster & Belfrage 2013). Published April 2014 (Int J Forensic Mental Health 13(2):93–108); date precision is month. Publisher landing page returns HTTP 403 to automated fetchers; title, authors, venue, volume/issue/pages and 2014-04 date verified via Crossref DOI metadata. Official instrument site: hcr-20.com.
Authors
Kevin S. Douglas, Stephen D. Hart, Christopher D. Webster, Henrik Belfrage, Laura S. Guy, Catherine M. Wilson
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Kevin S. Douglas et al. (2014). Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20, Version 3 (HCR-20V3): Development and Overview. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2014.906519
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