SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: Violent behaviour 'guide' nonow used worldwide.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-16 November 1999-SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY: Violent behaviour 'guide' now used worldwide (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:151199 Mass shootings and youth and family violence are becoming recurring news stories. A growing number of those who study violent behaviour - and what triggers it - are turning to a guide developed at Simon Fraser University to assess the risk of violent behaviour in individuals.

Known as the HCR-20, the method allows clinicians to predict the likelihood of whether a mentally ill person or someone in conflict with the law will re-offend. First published in 1995 by SFU's mental health, law and policy institute, in conjunction with the forensic psychiatric services, the HCR-20 manual was revised in 1997 and is now...