Assessing Inpatient Victimization Risk Among Insanity Acquittees Using the HCR-20V3.

This study involved retrospective ratings of the HCR-20V3 for 169 hospitalized insanity acquittees and examined the utility of HCR-20V3 ratings in predicting victimization. Although the HCR-20V3 was not explicitly developed to aid in evaluations of victimization risk, other structured professional judgment tools intended to predict violence risk have demonstrated potential for predicting victimization, due to the existence of common risk factors and overlap between patients who engage in violence and those who are victimized. Results from this study suggest that evaluators may consider the Clinical scale score of the HCR-20V3 and elevations on its items assessing violent ideation or intent, instability, and treatment or supervision response in identifying those at increased risk for future victimization. The Historical and Risk Management scales were less relevant in predicting victimization. PMID: 31097527 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law - Category: Medical Law Tags: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Source Type: research