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Manuals

 

Researchers at CVP have developed or translated Swedish manuals and tools for clinical violence prevention. From the list below, you can download documents or click on the links to find out more about the publication you are interested in.

If you have any questions, please contact our co-ordinator: info[at]cvp.se

 

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BERIT. Decision tool for risk assessments within the prison and probation service.
BERIT is a decision tool developed by CVP for use by officers and decision-makers within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. It is being used on a trial basis at prisons and probation centres as part of the prison and probation service's quality assurance efforts and endeavours towards better assessments of the likelihood of reoffence.


Only those who have participated in and passed the prison and probation service's 'HB course' are authorised to use BERIT.

For more information about the instrument please contact the Swedish Prison and Probation Service www.kriminalvarden.se

 

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S.O.R.M. Structured Outcome Assessment and Community Risk Monitoring is a model developed by researchers at CVP aimed at probation and parole-based risk monitoring among clients/patients who have left an institution. This manual, including forms and other material, is available in PDF format in English, Swedish and Dutch. You can download the entire manual here:

SORM (Swedish)
SORM (English)
SORM (Dutch)

 

 

S.O.R.M. for Windows is a computerised version of SORM. This is much more user-friendly than the paper version. Clinicians and practitioners involved in mental health and prison services can download the program free of charge.

 

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SARA. Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide.
Kropp, Hart, Webster & Eaves (1994) is a clinical checklist for the assessment of the risk of a return to spousal violence. The guide is based around a checklist with 20 risk factors that are considered to increase the risk of a return to spousal violence.

SARA is available in Swedish translation by Henrik Belfrage and Martin Grann (1999).

 

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HCR-20.
HCR-20 provides guidelines for the assessment of the risk of future violence by mentally ill offenders, that has been developed by Webster and colleagues. This is a clinical checklist with 20 items that correspond to the factors that, through research, have been identified as important to the risk of violent actions. HCR-20 is available from PAR Inc.

 

An abbreviated Swedish version of HCR-20 has been produced by Henrik Belfrage and Göran Fransson at the regional forensic mental health clinic in Sundsvall.

 

The HCR-20 Annotated Bibliography provides an overview updated regularly by Dr Kevin Douglas of all research involving HCR-20. This is a very useful guide for those interested in HCR. Go to: http://www.violence-risk.com/ to find the latest update.

 

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SVR-20. Sexual Violence Risk - 20.
SVR-20 is a clinical checklist for the assessment of the likelihood of sexual reoffence. The guide is based around a checklist with 20 risk factors that are considered to increase the risk of a return to sexual violence.

SVR-20 is available in Swedish translation by Henrik Belfrage, Bengt Jarl and Niklas Långström (1999). Read the Swedish introduction here.

 

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The SAVRY. Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth.
The SAVRY is a checklist for structured assessment of violence risk in deliquent youth aged 12 to 18. The SAVRY includes 10 historical risk factors, 6 social/contextual risk factors, 8 individual risk factors, and 6 protective factors. You can find more information at the SAVRY homepage.


The SAVRY is available in Swedish translation by Niklas Långström (2004). There is also a new Swedish website: www.savry.se

 

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The ERASOR. Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism.
The ERASOR is a checklist for structured assessment of sexual recidivism risk in youth (aged 12-18) who has committed at least one sexual offense.

The ERASOR is available in Swedish translation by Niklas Långström and Per Blomkvist (2004).

 

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Centre for Violence Prevention, Karolinska Institute, Box 23000, 104 35 Stockholm
Phone: +46 8 517 705 60, Email: info[at]cvp.se