Risk assessment in clinical practice—Results of the International Risk Survey (IRiS) from Germany

Forensic psychologists routinely assess the violence risk of their clients and patients. Nevertheless, there is only little knowledge about which risk assessment methods are regularly used in the field. The present study provides the first insight into the clinical practice of risk assessment in Germany. Data were collected from 2,135 respondents from 44 countries as part of the International Risk Survey (IRiS). In Germany, 97 psychologists and members of other professional disciplines were surveyed about their clinical risk assessment practices. The data indicated that a majority of the respondents regularly use standardized risk assessment instruments inclinical practice. The instruments were not only perceived as useful tools for risk assessment purposes of future violence risk alone but also for developing and evaluating risk management plans. Fil: Rettenberger, Martin. Kriminologische Zentralstelle (krimz); Alemania Fil: Eher, Reinhard. Kriminologische Zentralstelle (krimz); Alemania Fil: Desmarais, Sarah L.. North Carolina State University; Estados Unidos Fil: Hurducas, Cristina. University Of South Florida; Estados Unidos Fil: Arbach, Karin. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Centro de Investigaciones y Estudio sobre Cultura y Sociedad. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Psicología - Grupo Vinculado CIPSI; Argentina Fil: Condemarin, Carolina. Ministerio de Justicia; Chile Fil: Dean, Kimberlie. University of New South Wales; Australia Fil: Doyle, Michael. University of Manchester; Reino Unido Fil: Folino, Jorge Oscar. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas; Argentina Fil: Godoy-Cervera, Verónica. Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan; México Fil: Grann, Martin. Karolinska Institute; Suecia Fil: Ho, Robyn Mei Yee. Castle Peak Hospital; Hong Kong Fil: Large, Matthew M.. University of New South Wales; Australia Fil: Pham, Thierry H.. Centre de Recherche En Defense Sociale; Bélgica Fil: Nielsen, Louise Hjort. Department Of Psychology, Univ Of Southern Denmark; Dinamarca Fil: Rebocho, Maria Francisca. University Fernando Pessoa; Portugal Fil: Reeves, Kim A.. University Fraser Simon; Canadá Fil: De Ruiter, Corine. University Of Maastricht; Países Bajos Fil: Seewald, Katharina. University Of Konstanz; Alemania Fil: Singh, Jay P.. Global Institute Of Forensic Research; Estados Unidos