Implementing the HCR-20 scheme for risk assessment in a forensic psychiatric hospital: Integrating research and clinical practice
- 1 September 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Journal of Forensic Psychiatry
- Vol. 9 (2), 328-338
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09585189808402200
Abstract
This article describes the process of implementing the HCR-20 into clinical practice at two Swedish forensic psychiatric hospitals. Since the instrument is fairly new, the interrater reliability was checked in a very comprehensive way. Seven clinicians undertook the task of assessing 43 violent offenders admitted to a forensic psychiatric hospital. These assessments were done independently of each other; no discussions of the cases were allowed between the assessors. The outcome is very encouraging, with a high internal consistency and high interrater reliability overall. The whole process of implementing a research instrument into clinical practice is described, how it was done, and what experiences were found.Keywords
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