The HCR-20

Multiple Choice

The HCR-20

A) is nondiscretionary with regard to institutional, but not community violence.
B) is a discretionary instrument, although it provides structured professional guidelines and codes risk factors that are based on empirical research.
C) is a nondiscretionary instrument because it provides a predictive score, though it does allow for clinical judgment with regard to some items.
D) is primarily used to develop treatment or management plans and has not fared well in studies of predictive validity.
E) has been replaced with discretionary instruments that have greater inter-rater reliability.