The Short Dynamic Risk Scale (SDRS) vs START: does either have a relationship with recordings of risk?

Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour,Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 202-212, December 2016. Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide wider research evidence for the use of the Short Dynamic Risk Scale (SDRS) in risk management with individuals who have an Intellectual Disability (ID) and reside in a secure psychiatric inpatient setting. The outcomes are supportive of previous research, showing that outcomes on the SDRS are related to maladaptive behaviours recorded for individual with ID. Design/methodology/approach All participant data taken from the hospital healthcare reporting system were entered into a PASW database. The ratings for each of the SDRS and Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START) items were entered and totalled, with a separate total score for the SDRS with the additional three items. In order to capture the behavioural monitoring data, average severities weightings of each of the Overt Aggression Scale-modified for neuro-rehabilitation (OAS-MNR) categories for the three weeks following completion of the individual ’s SDRS were calculated and recorded. In addition, average severity weightings reflecting the presence of sexualised behaviour (St Andrew’s Sexual Behaviour Assessment (SASBA) in the subsequent three weeks following SDRS completion was included. Using the most recent START assessment completed a llowed for analysis of the predictive ability of the START of the same behavioural data. Findings A series o...
Source: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities and Offending Behaviour - Category: Criminology Source Type: research