... children at greater risk of repeatedly going missing. Originality/value This study provides novel data-driven insights into the predictors of repeat reports of missing children based on police data. The findings have important implications for developing proactive policing risk assessments, enabling...

...Natalie Rajack; Zoe Hilton; Anna Pham; Kevin Nunes; Liam Ennis; Sandy Jung Purpose There is evidence that risk factors measuring aspects of antisociality contribute substantially to the prediction of recidivism in actuarial intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessment tools, however, this has...

... the perspective of police mitigates any effects. Design/methodology/approach A total of 200 university students read vignettes describing an incident from a police officer’s perspective or from their own perspective. Participants also read risk assessments of the offender’s risk of committing violence...

...Leona Mydlowski; Rhys Turner-Moore; Stephanie Kewley Purpose In England and Wales, adult male registered sex offenders (RSOs) are risk assessed and managed using a tool known as the Active Risk Management System; a risk assessment designed specifically for police management of RSOs and carried out...

...Andrew Silke Purpose Since 2011, the Extremism Risk Guidance (ERG 22+) has been the primary risk assessment framework used for terrorist and violent extremist offenders in England and Wales. The aim of this study was to conduct a rapid evidence assessment to examine the research literature...

... a sentence for I/CAM offences with previous convictions for contact child sexual offences. Due to his convictions for both contact and I/CAM offences, Mr A would be eligible for assessment using a range of pre-existing assessment tools (Table 1). Mr A reported his risk assessment on the STATIC-99...

... Limited 2013 Serial homicide Healthcare serial killers Criminological theory Criminals Risk assessment Health services sector Serial homicide is a problem that is viewed with fear and fascination from the public and the media (Bartles and Parsons, 2009). Although rare, serial...

...Ronn Johnson; Heidi Beckenbach; Samantha Kilbourne Purpose This paper aims to present an overview of a variety of risk assessment issues that are of particular relevance for work with juvenile fire setters in clinical and forensic settings. The paper seeks to consider Juvenile Fire Setting (JFS...