Citation

Freedman D. J. Threat Assess. 2001; 1(4): 53-66.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1300/J177v01n04_04

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Recent research has begun to carefully examine the premature reliance on the PCL-R for clinical and forensic evaluation of violence risk and threat assessment. This article reviews the lack of reliability and validity evidence to support application of PCL-R scores for assessing individual risk. Also discussed are the limitations of existing re search to support use of the PCL-R with specific populations, its inability to adequately address the context of behavior, and the largely unad-dressed problem of differential assessment. Finally, also discussed is the balance between the incremental benefit gained by using the PCL-R and the substantive harm that comes from falsely identifying people as high risk.