Raquel Reis Guerra

Assessment and risk management of violent offenders: evolution of the concept Ousar integrar revista de reinsero social e prova 2009 3: 53-62.

Abstract This article aims to analyse the key aspects that define the concept of risk and violence

evaluation. So that, it is presented along the issue, the evolution of this concept and its

connection with the idea of evaluation of dangerousness. Are analysed the instruments

that better define the two principles patterns to evaluate the risk: the predictive violence

model and the reductive violence model. From the analysis of these two conceptual

ideas, several generations of evaluation instruments of risk are analysed, emphasizing

their advantages and inconvenients for the technicians who need them to make

decisions concerning the measures they may apply to the individuals that when

committing crimes, need intervention from the justice system.

Keywords - risk of violence evaluation, risk of violence prediction, risk of violence prevention, risk management, violent agressors