
Robert D.. Hare,, Ph..D.. & Hugues F.. Hervé,, M..A. Age Range: 13 years and older Administration Time: 10–15 minutes Administration Type: Professional-completed Qualification Level B A tool to assess psychopathy and manage risk for antisocial, criminal, and violent behaviour The P-SCAN is a useful tool in instances when it is not possible to conduct…

Stephen Hart, Ph.D., David N. Cox, Ph.D. & Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. Age Range: 18 years and older Administration Time: Interview: 45 minutes Collateral Review: 35 minutes Qualification Level C A screener for psychopathic (antisocial) personality disorders. An abbreviated version of the Hare PCL-R and highly correlated with the PCL-RTM, the PCL:SV takes about…

Robert D. Hare, Ph.D. Age Range: 18 years and older Administration Time Structured interview: 90 – 120 minutes Collateral review: 60 minutes PCL–R assessment: 15 – 20 minutes Administration Type: Structured Interview, Clinician-completed Qualification Level C Assesses psychopathic (antisocial) personality disorders. The 2nd Edition of the PCL-RTM supplants its predecessor as the mandatory tool…

J. Lee Wiederholt, Ph.D., Brian R. Bryant, Ph.D. Age Range: 6 to 18 years Administration Time: 30 minutes Administration Type: Professionally-administered Qualification Level B Description The widely used GORT-3 has been revised and re-normed. The GORT–4 assessment provides an objective measure of oral reading growth and an aid in the diagnosis of oral reading…

Vivienne de Vogel, Michiel de Vries Robbé, Willemijn van Kalmthout, Caroline Place. The Female Additional Manual (FAM) is a recently developed addition to the HCR-20 for assessing risk for violence in women. While women still represent a minority of the forensic psychiatric and prison population, worldwide the number of women committing violent crimes has…

Joseph H. Beitchman, M.D. Age Range: 6 to 13 years Administration Time:10 minutes Administration Type: Self-report Qualification Level B Description Assessment of emotion and behaviour for children. While parents are rating their children using the CRS-R scales (see page 6), children under 13 should complete the FAB-C questionnaire to obtain a multidimensional assessment of…

Harvey A. Skinner, Ph.D., Paul D. Steinhauer, M.D., Jack Santa-Barbara, Ph.D. Age Range: 10 years and older Administration Time: FAM-III: 20 minutes for each scale, FAM-III: 20 minutes for each scale Administration Type: Self-report, Family-completed Qualification Level: B Description The FAM-III is an assessment of family functioning. It is unique in its ability to…

Graham Spanier, Ph.D. Age Range: 18 years and older Administration Time: 5 to 10 minutes Administration Type: Self-report Qualification Level B Description The DAS scale is a self-report measure of relationship adjustment. Extensive research, including over 1,000 published studies, supports the use of the DAS in determining the degree of dissatisfaction couples are experiencing.…

Jonathan Davidson, M.D. Age Range: 18 years and older Administration Time: 10 minutes Administration Type: Self-report Qualification Level B Description Providing a quick and accurate measure of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, the DTS assessment is a 17-item, self-rating scale that takes respondents only 10 minutes to complete. Each item corresponds to a DSM-IV™…

Norman Endler, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. , James D.A. Parker, Ph.D. Age Range: 6 and older Administration Time: 5–10 minutes Administration Type: Self-report Qualification Level B Description The CHIP (Coping with Health Injuries and Problems) is a self-report inventory that helps you quickly identify an individual’s typical coping styles and suggests strategies that will best help…