TY - JOUR
T1 - Investigating the Validity of the Classification of Violence Risk in a UK Sample
AU - Doyle, Michael
AU - Shaw, Jenny
AU - Carter, Stuart
AU - Dolan, Mairead
PY - 2010/12/9
Y1 - 2010/12/9
N2 - We attempted to cross-validate the Classification of Violence Risk, or COVR (Monahan, Steadman, Appelbaum et al., 2005), in a sample of acute psychiatric patients in the North West of England. The study used a prospective design to follow-up 93 patients assessed using the COVR for 20 weeks post-discharge. Overall, the COVR did not demonstrate significant predictive validity with respect to violence. More than half of patients classified as average risk by the COVR were violent in the follow-up compared to less than 20% of those in the very low risk group, but none of the high-risk participants were violent. In contrast, violence was significantly predicted by key variables, including female gender, violence preceding admission, and personality disorder. There is a need for more cross-validation research of the COVR.
AB - We attempted to cross-validate the Classification of Violence Risk, or COVR (Monahan, Steadman, Appelbaum et al., 2005), in a sample of acute psychiatric patients in the North West of England. The study used a prospective design to follow-up 93 patients assessed using the COVR for 20 weeks post-discharge. Overall, the COVR did not demonstrate significant predictive validity with respect to violence. More than half of patients classified as average risk by the COVR were violent in the follow-up compared to less than 20% of those in the very low risk group, but none of the high-risk participants were violent. In contrast, violence was significantly predicted by key variables, including female gender, violence preceding admission, and personality disorder. There is a need for more cross-validation research of the COVR.
KW - Gender
KW - Psychiatry
KW - Risk assessment
KW - Risk factors
KW - Violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011499266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14999013.2010.527428
DO - 10.1080/14999013.2010.527428
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011499266
VL - 9
SP - 316
EP - 323
JO - International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
JF - International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
SN - 1499-9013
IS - 4
ER -