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by multiple agencies and private providers, is the. assessment of future risk by individual sex offenders. Since risk assessment decisions are made in. numerous settings, few people have a. comprehensive understanding of the ways in which. assessment is accomplished. Risk assessment instruments are tools designed to. predict the likelihood that a sex offender will. recidivate (with a sex or other felony offense). These. tools rely on empirically derived or empirically guided. risk factors for criminal outcomes, and produce a. quantitative score that suggests a level of risk for.
Forensic Clinicianâs Tool Box: Competency to Stand Trial measures. Assessment psychologists need a wide range of tools to address the variety of assessment challenges that arise in daily practice. Not that different from a set of wrenches and scredrivers designed for every type of bolt and screw. It is perhaps not surprising that many psychologists persist in using âtraditionalâ assessment measures in forensic psychological assessment (MMPI, WAIS, Rorschach, etc.). This has been a source of appropriate criticism.