HCR-20 V3
Definition
The Historical Clinical Risk Management-20, Version 3 (2013): 20-item SPJ instrument covering Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management domains, producing a Low/Moderate/High risk rating and scenario-based management recommendations.
- Full name
- Historical Clinical Risk Management-20, V3
- Publication year
- 2013
- Item count
- 20
- Domains
- Historical, Clinical, Risk Management
- Output
- Low/Moderate/High rating plus scenario planning
Common questions
What changed from earlier HCR-20 versions to Version 3?+
Version 3 added explicit scenario planning, asking the assessor to describe plausible future violence scenarios and specific risk-management strategies for each, rather than stopping at a single overall risk category as earlier versions did.
Is HCR-20 V3 used for civil commitment decisions as well as criminal cases?+
Yes, alongside criminal sentencing and parole contexts it is also used in civil psychiatric settings to inform hospital discharge and community risk-management planning, since its risk-management domain targets intervention rather than punishment.
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