Decreased Risk for Violence in Patients Admitted to Forensic Care, Measured With the HCR-20

Longitudinal HCR‐20 scores in a high‐secure psychiatric hospital

“…The characteristics of this particular sample validate this finding, because it might well be expected that risk would modify extremely slowly in very high‐risk patients. The women constituted the exception in our study; their scale score reductions were above average, a finding which concurs with that of Olsson et al () and resonates with the finding of greater predictive validity for women (O'Shea et al, ). The reasons why women would be more likely than men to respond to treatment in this way are unclear, particularly as they formed a heterogeneous group, including patients with intellectual disability, mental illness and PD.…”

Patient characteristics and outcome measurement in a low secure forensic hospital

“…The literature also suggests that longer intervals may be needed for detecting positive change. Olsson et al (), for example, found reductions in scores on some items from the clinical and risk management scales after 9 months and on all but two risk items after a mean of 43 months. Morrissey et al () found that the mutable – clinical and risk management items – showed improvement over a 5‐year period in a high security hospital.…”

Reducing or Increasing Violence in Forensic Care: A Qualitative Study of Inpatient Experiences

“…The sample in the present study was drawn from a larger study, described in detail in Olsson, Strand, Sjöling, and Asplund (2013). The inclusion criteria for participants were patients who had been admitted to forensic care and had been assessed as less violent according to the risk assessment instrument Historical-Clinical-Risk Management-20 (HCR-20;Webster, Douglas, Eaves, & Hart, 1997).…”