Violence risk assessment and Indigenous Australians: A primer. (March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shepherd, Stephane
• Is Part Of: Alternative law journal. Volume 43:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 45
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2018-03
• Subjects: Criminal justice -- forensic medicine -- Indigenous legal issues -- mental health law and policy; Law -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law reform -- Australia -- Periodicals; 349.94
• DOI: 10.1177/1037969X17748210
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1037-969X

Abstract

Violence risk assessment instruments are widely utilised in Australian medico-legal settings to help estimate an individual's level of risk for future violence or offending. This introductory Brief discusses the extant cross-cultural research on risk instruments and the current applicability of the instruments to Australian Indigenous people.