Risk Assessment

Evaluating risk for recidivism has become an essential part of judicial decision-making and planning for rehabilitation, case management, and community safety.  Risk assessments are used to inform sentencing, treatment planning and implementation, and release decisions and conditions.  Increasingly, courts, consumers, and organizations are requiring defensible, evidence-based evaluations.

Services offered:

• Forensic psychological evaluation.

• Training in conducting correctional and forensic risk assessment and report preparation.

• Training and consultation in leading risk assessment measures for sex offenders.

• Training in Static 99/99-R/2002, Stable/Acute 2000/2007 from a Master Trainer.

Risk assessment is not conducted in a vacuum, but needs to take into account individuals’ unique circumstances, abilities, and contexts.  It involves understanding the personal, interpersonal, and social factors in individuals’ lives and the environments in which they live their lives – it is within these contexts in which risk exists and in which risk can be managed and mitigated.  As such, evaluating risk requires specialized analysis and a sound understanding of empirical research.

Services offered:

• Adult forensic risk assessment.

• Training and consultation in formulating comprehensive risk evaluations, making recommendations, preparing reports, and integrating research into individual evaluations.

• Training and consultation in developing and standardizing risk assessment protocols.

Services also available in French.