@article{ref1,
title="Assessing risk for violence among male and female civil psychiatric patients: the HCR-20, PCL:SV, and VSC",
journal="Behavioral sciences and the law",
year="2004",
author="Nicholls, Tonia L. and Ogloff, James R. P. and Douglas, Kevin S.",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="127-158",
abstract="This study evaluated the predictive validity of violence risk assessments conducted using the HCR-20, the Psychopathy Checklist: Screening Version (PCL:SV), and by the Violence Screening Checklist (VSC) in a sample of 268 involuntarily hospitalized male and female psychiatric patients. Information pertaining to violence and crime was coded from medical charts and correctional records. The HCR-20/PCL:SV evidenced modest non-significant associations in postdictive assessments of inpatient violence among men. Moderate to strong significant associations were found between the HCR-20/PCL:SV and inpatient violence among women. Pseudo-prospective assessments using the HCR-20 and PCL:SV resulted in moderate to large relationships with violence and crime in men and women following community discharge. It is concluded that the VSC is a promising tool for assessing acute inpatient violence risk with men. Findings offer preliminary validation of the predictive validity of the HCR-20 and PCL:SV with female civil psychiatric patients.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-3936",
doi="10.1002/bsl.579",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bsl.579"
}