Over the past few decades there has been quite a lot of debate about the reliance on violence risk assessment for both sentencing and prison parole/release purposes.

Research this practice and discuss the following:

• Compare and contrast the different methods of assessment - clinical, actuarial, structural professional judgment.
• Which of these, or combination of these would you use as a practicing forensic psychologist? Why is this is seen as the best strategy?
• How reliable is violence risk assessment?
• Why do many in the field have a problem using this type of assessment when making sentencing and/or release decisions for offenders?