Citation

Kewley S, Osman S, McGuinness. J. Sex. Aggress. 2020; 26(3): 302-315.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13552600.2019.1628315

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This study examined 91 Active Risk Management System (ARMS) assessments from four police areas across England and Wales. ARMS is a tool that guides criminal justice practitioners to assess and develop formal risk management plans based on the risks and strengths of individual clients convicted of sexual offending. This present study is particularly concerned with the application of this new tool and the quality of subsequent risk assessment as a result of police practitioner assessment.

FINDINGS indicate the quality of ARMS assessments were not to the expected standard. The study found while there were acceptable levels of detail and evidence documented by practitioners across individual areas; overall, assessor risk ratings and risk management plans were poor. This paper provides an outline of these findings, making suggestions for areas of improvement, along with recommendations for policy, practice, and research.

Language: en

Keywords

police assessment; Registered sexual offender; risk assessment; risk management