Risk Assessment Tools Evaluation Directory
The Catalyst Consortium has now partnered with the Scottish Risk Management Authority to produce an adapted version of the RATED tailored to the Australian setting (Aus-RATED).
Improving understanding of factors that contribute to violent and sexual offending is fundamental to the development of effective assessment, intervention and ultimately, prevention.
These factors have not been adequately investigated, with research largely focusing on correlates of violence (e.g., past violence, mental illness), rather than the causal psychological processes that are influenced by these factors. Violence remains poorly understood and risk assessment methodologies are limited.
Existing data and databases will be investigated to map violent presentations to acute services, police, corrective services, and mental health services. This work will enable an enhanced understanding of the impact of the internal and external factors that contribute to violence (e.g., personality, mental state, alcohol/drugs, context).
A derivative of understanding violence is the capacity to assess the risk of violence. The consequences of invalid assessments can be dire for offenders, victims and society. The challenge is to identify characteristics that increase violence propensity and use that information to determine the least restrictive yet most effective means of preventing further violence through intervention and management.
The Catalyst Consortium has now partnered with the Scottish Risk Management Authority to produce an adapted version of the RATED tailored to the Australian setting (Aus-RATED).
Liaison with State correctional services to examine the risk assessments that are currently used in Victoria and more broadly across Australia. The review will provide up to date information about the evidence base for the use of the various tools
This project has two components: a data linkage study (Part A), matching police, mental health and CV data to determine the mental health precursors, and criminal behaviour for a cohort of Victorian offenders who have been held in a management uni
This data linkage project will examine mental health and criminogenic precursors in Victorian Offenders who have been made subject to a Serious Sex Offender Supervision order since the implementation of the Serious Sex Offenders Monitoring Act