VRAG
The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) is an actuarial instrument developed by Harris, Rice, and Quinsey (1993) to estimate the probability of violent recidivism among adult male offenders released from forensic psychiatric hospitals. It represents one of the earliest empirically validated violence prediction tools and remains widely used in correctional, forensic psychiatric, and civil commitment settings. The VRAG combines static historical variables with dynamic factors to generate a probability-based risk assessment.
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- Harris, G. T., Rice, M. E., & Quinsey, V. L. (1993). Violent recidivism of mentally disordered offenders: The development of a statistical prediction instrument. Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology, 6(4), 269–279. · DOI 10.1177/0093854893020004001
- Harris, G. T., Rice, M. E., Camilleri, J. A., & Boer, D. P. (2015). Prospective, multi-site study of adolescent violent recidivism: The Violent Offense Risk Assessment Guide. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, 57(4), 486–524. · URL
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