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SERIOUS VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENDERS: THE USE OF RISK ASSESSMENT TOOLS IN SCOTLAND
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1. This, in practice, did not prove to be a feasible since in most cases risk assessments were conducted over several contacts with offenders and/or were based on the review of documentation from a range of sources.
2. The summary form also asked respondents to provide estimates of the numbers of serious violent and sexual offenders and mentally disordered offenders known to their organisation who met the developing criteria for an Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR). This data was intended for use in the review of statistics and literature on recidivism among serious violent and sexual offenders. In practice, however, the differing bases on which estimates were apparently made prevented any meaningful conclusions from being reached from them about the numbers of these high risk offenders in Scotland.
3. This includes the voluntary organisation's return.
4. This includes respondents from the State Hospital, a medium secure unit and forensic mental health services for adults and adolescents.
5. This includes two social workers from specialist projects and a Sex Offender Liaison Officer (SOLO).
6. A voluntary sector project working with children and young people who sexually abuse others.
7. This includes an individual rating form, a drug and alcohol assessment, an approach based on Sainsbury's risk assessment, Barnardo's Brief Assessment and a structured tool for the assessment of sexually aggressive children and young people.
8. Data were missing in three cases.
9. Data were missing in two cases.
10. Data were missing in one case.
11. Data were missing in one case.
12. Data were missing in one case.
13. Data were missing in one case.
14. Data were missing in one case.
15. Data were missing in one case.
16. An exception to this was the risk assessment tool that had been developed in one Health Trust, which relied solely upon professional judgement.
17. Data were missing in two cases.
18. For instance, criminal records held by the Scottish Criminal Record Office do not usually contain details of children's hearings appearances and outcomes. This makes it difficult to identify from these records whether or not a young person has a history of violent or sexual offending.
19. Data were missing in two cases.
20. Data were missing in one case.
21. Data were missing in one case.
22. Data were missing in one case.
23. Data were missing in one case.
24. Data were missing in one case.
25. Includes Matrix 2000, Tay Project Risk Assessment Tool, Static 99, SARA, HCR-20, RRASOR, PCL-R, SVR-20, VRS, VRS 50 and SOAQ.
26. Though how easily they were able to understand and make use of the information contained in it is, perhaps, another matter.
27. One social work respondent cited an instance in which 20 people attended a case conference.
28. Essential for Human Rights compliance
29. Again important for HR compliance
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