Using the revised Problem Identification Checklist to predict inpatient and community violence: a pilot study
The British Journal of Forensic Practice
ISSN: 1463-6646
Article publication date: 17 September 2009
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the predictive validity of the revised Problem Identification Checklist (PIC‐R) in predicting inpatient and community violence using a retrospective design. The Historical Scale (H‐Scale) of the HCR‐20 was employed to control for static risk factors. The predictive accuracy between predictors and outcome measures was evaluated using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) analysis. The PIC‐R significantly predicted inpatient violence (AUC range 0.77‐0.92) over a 12‐month follow‐up period but did not predict community violence. Conversely, the H‐Scale significantly predicted community violence (AUC 0.82) but did not predict inpatient violence over a 12‐month follow‐up period. The findings offer preliminary validation for the predictive accuracy of the PIC‐R for violence in a UK inpatient population. Additionally, the findings suggest that short‐term risk of violence within a psychiatric inpatient population may be more related to dynamic and clinical risk variables rather than to static ones.
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Citation
Nagi, C., Ostapiuk, E., Craig, L., Hacker, D. and Beech, A. (2009), "Using the revised Problem Identification Checklist to predict inpatient and community violence: a pilot study", The British Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 4-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646200900017
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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