“…In studies conducted in forensic, correctional, and civil psychiatric settings, scale scores and Total scale scores of the HCR-20 and HCR-20 V3 were highly concordant Strub, Douglas, & Nicholls, 2014). The HCR-20 V3 summary risk ratings, numerical summed presence and relevance scales (i.e., total presence and relevance scores on the Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management scales, respectively), and total presence and relevance item sums (i.e., total presence and relevance scores across the 20 items, respectively) significantly predicted violence in male and female offenders and civil psychiatric patients six to eight months following discharge (Strub et al, 2014). All three scales predicted violence at six and 12 months postdischarge in a mixed-gender forensic sample (Doyle et al, 2014).…”