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Published Books & Clinical Guides

The Development and Treatment of Childhood Aggression
Pepler, Debra J., Madsen, Kristen C., Webster, Christopher & Levene, Kathryn S. (eds) 2005.

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, Mahwah, New Jersey.
ISBN 0-8058-4039-7

A text that details some of the pioneering research in the field, this text aims to highlight current understanding, identify key componenents for preventing and treating the array of problems experienced by aggressive girls, and to raise questions for new research.


START:
Short Term Assessment of Risk & Treatment
Webster, Christopher D, Martin, Mary-Lou, Brink, Johann, Nicholls, Tonia L., Middleton, Connie. 2004
St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, Ontario 1-905-388-2511 ext 5424
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, British Columbia 1-604-524-7749
ISBN 0-9732712-1-3

A guide for assessment of risk & treatment programming for use by nursing and other clinical staff on forensic mental health units.


Release Decision-Making
Webster, CD and Hucker, SJ. 2003.
2006 second edition forthcoming
Wiley

Deals with assessing Violence Risk in mental health, forensic & correctional settings. Includes contributions by Karl Hanson (Department of the Solicitor General of Canada) and J Randall Kropp (British Columbia Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission).

The first edition has been sold out and will be reprinted in early 2006 by Wiley.
email:Chris Webster for more details.


Impulsivity: Theory, Assessment & Treatment.
Webster, CD and Jackson, MA (Eds). 1997.
Guilford Press, New York.

Deals with impulsivity but at least half the text addresses risk assessment & management issues.

Available from:
Guilford Publications, Inc
800-365-7006 (9-5 EST) or
212-431-9800
fax: 212-966-6708
email: info or order


HCR-20 (version 2): Historical/Clinical/risk - 20
Webster CD, Douglas KS, Eaves D & Hart S. 1997.
Mental Health Law & Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, BC

A structured clinical assessment guide consisting of 20 scoring items: 10 historical, 5 clinical and 5 future risk.

An annotated bibliography of the HCR-20 to 2002 compiled by K.Douglas is available for download in PDF format.
(Note: file size is 2.3MB)


Available from:
Mental Health, Law & Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Phone: 604-291-5868
Fax: 604-268-6695
or
Psychological Assessment Resource, Inc

Phone: 800-331-8378
Fax: 800-727-9329 (Canada & US only)

Fax: 813-768-2598 (other locations)


HCR-20 CG (Companion Guide)
Douglas KS, Webster CD, Hart S, Eaves D, & Ogloff JRP (Eds). 2001.
Mental Health Law & Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, BC and Dept of Mental Health Law & Policy, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida, FL.

Suggests how violence risk can be managed in individual cases

Available from:
Mental Health, Law & Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Phone: 604-291-5868
Fax: 604-268-6695


Early Assessment Risk for Boys
(EARL-20B),version 2
.

Augimeri, Koegl, Webster & Levene. 2001.

Earlscourt Child & Family Court: Toronto

An assessment scheme for evaluating aggressiveness in boys under 12.

Available from:
Earlscourt Child and Family Centre
46 St. Clair Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6E 3V4
Tel. 416-654-8981
Fax: 416-654-8996
E-Mail: mailus@earlscourt.on.ca


Early Assessment Risk for Girls (EARL-21B), Consultation Edition (2001)
Levene, Augimeri, Pepler, Walsh, Webster, Koegl

Earlscourt Child & Family Court: Toronto

An assessment scheme for evaluating aggressiveness in girls under 12 - similar in scope to the EARL-20B

Available from:
Earlscourt Child and Family Centre
46 St. Clair Gardens
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M6E 3V4
Tel. 416-654-8981
Fax: 416-654-8996
E-Mail: mailus@earlscourt.on.ca


The EMPLOYEE RISK ASSESSMENT (ERA-20)
Bloom H, Eisen RS& Webster CD. 2001

workplace.calm: Toronto

Focusing on individual risk, this guide incorporates 20 variables known or postulated to relate to unacceptable conduct and violence in workplaces, schools, the military and other such organizations.

The ERA-20 may be obtained from:
workplace.calm inc
1200 Bay Street, Suite 1202
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 2A5
Phone: (416) 922-8838
Facsimile: (416) 922-3188
Email: admin@workplace.calm.to

Workplace Risk Assessment (WRA-20)
Bloom H, Eisen RS, Pollock N & Webster
CD. 2000
workplace.calm: Toronto

This guide focuses on environmental, situational variables that combine for to develop a scoring system for the "benchmarking" of violence risks within organizations.
Available from:
workplace.calm inc
1200 Bay Street, Suite 1202
Toronto, Ontario
M5R 2A5
Phone: (416) 922-8838
Facsimile: (416) 922-3188
Email: admin@workplace.calm.to

SEXUAL VIOLENCE RISK-20 (SVR-20):
Professional Guidelines for Assessing Violence Risk

Boer DP, HartSD, Kropp PR, & Webster CD. , 1997

Mental Health Law & Policy Institute, Simon Fraser University, BC

This is a 20 item guide for assessing violence risk in sex offenders.
Available from:
Mental Health, Law & Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6
Phone: 604-291-5868
Fax: 604-268-6695
or
Psychological Assessment Resource, Inc

Phone: 800-331-8378
Fax: 800-727-9329 (Canada & US only)

Fax: 813-768-2598 (other locations)

Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (SARA): Users Manual, Version 2
Kropp PR, Hart SD, Webster CD, & EavesD, 1995
British Columbia Institute Against Family Violence: Vancouver

A 20 item set of risk factors to assess potential for spousal violence.
Available from:
Multi-Health Systems Inc.
3770 Victoria Park Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4H 3M6
Tel: 800-456-3003 (US) 800-268-6011 (Canada)
Website: www.mhs.com

 


Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (SARA),
MHS Version
Kropp PR, Hart SD, Webster CD, & EavesD, 1999
Multi-Health Systems: Toronto

Contains the same basic items as the 1995 version but includes detailed case examples and discussion of psychometric scoring. Describes scoring forms.
Available from:
Multi-Health Systems Inc.
3770 Victoria Park Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4H 3M6
Tel: 800-456-3003 (US) 800-268-6011 (Canada)
Website: www.mhs.com




About Crabs: The Definitive Webster Guide
Tim, Margaret, Michael, Thomas, Paul & Chris Webster
.1997.
Webster Publications, Box 5285 Victoria, BC. ISBN 0-9682283-0-5

Need we say more?!

 
 

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