Gain a better understanding of how formal risk assessment can significantly reduce the risk of violent outcomes and liability for those making release recommendations.
Determining an individual's risk for violence is a heavy clinical burden. Many professionals are unsure and lack the confidence of how to go about answering the question of, how likely is this person to commit a violent act? You will become familiar with practice guidelines for violence risk assessment and appropriate objective measures to assess risk of violence. The challenges and utility of the models of violence risk assessment, along with evaluations, will be reviewed.
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Agenda
Overview
- Premise of Violence Risk Assessment
- Contexts of Violence Risk Assessment
- Utility of Violence Risk Assessment
Best Practices in Violence Risk Assessment
- Models of Violence Risk Assessment
- Guidelines for Violence Risk Assessment
- Objective Measures of Violence Risk Assessment
Application to Practice
- Efficacy of Violence Risk Assessment
- Challenges of Violence Risk Assessment
- Summary, Conclusions, and Future Directions
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Credits
OnDemand Course
This course was last revised on April 3, 2019.
Call 1-866-352-9540 for further credit information.
This program does NOT qualify, nor meet the National Standard for NASBA accreditation.
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Faculty
Mariya Leyderman, PsyD, MA
Shelton Forensic Solutions, LLC
- Forensic psychologist at Shelton Forensic Solutions performing violence risk assessments
- Worked in state and federal correctional institutions performing assessments of dangerousness
- M.A. degree in social work; Psy.D. degree in forensic psychology
- Trainer for the Department of Corrections and Police
- Can be contacted at [email protected] or 502-694-9432
Sarah Shelton, Psy.D., M.P.H., M.S.C.P.
Shelton Forensic Solutions, LLC
- Forensic psychologist, evaluator, and professor
- Owns and operates a multistate multidisciplinary forensic practice, Shelton Forensic Solutions, LLC, which provides evaluation, expert witness testimony, treatment, mediation, training, and consulting for court systems, government entities, the corporate sector, and private consumers
- 15 years of experience forensically interviewing children and consulting and training legal professionals on evidence-based techniques for effectively examining children
- Has unique training and expertise on the nuances of developmental factors that are critical to understand when interviewing children
- Recognized expert and has published and presented nationally on this topic
- President-elect of the International Association of Correctional and Forensic Psychology, former president/chair of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists, and former president of the Kentucky Psychological Association
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