ENHANCING EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE AND COLLABORATIVE CONNECTIONS

RMA Blog: Eurocrim 2023

Our Acting Effective Practice Lead, Julie Webber, writes about her experience attending Eurocrim, and how practitioners and academics across the world are approaching reintegration.

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We’re recruiting

Vacancy: Finance and Governance Lead

We’re looking for someone with experience in finance and governance to join the RMA team

Vacancy: Finance and Governance Lead

Supporting effective practice in risk assessment

Risk Assessment Tools Evaluation Directory

RATED is our free resource to help you select and use the most appropriate risk assessment tool

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Scotland’s national policy approach to risk assessment and management

Framework for Risk Assessment, Management and Evaluation

Developed in partnership with justice agencies, FRAME aims to develop a consistent and evidence-based approach to risk assessment and management

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Take a look at some of our research

Order for Lifelong Restriction Research

Recently we’ve completed two research publications looking at the offending behaviour, and the experience, of individuals subject to the OLR sentence

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The Offending Behaviour of Those Sentenced to the Order for Lifelong Restriction

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OLR DATA VISUALISATION

Explore a series of interactive data visualisations to help you understand the Order for Lifelong Restriction. We look at statistics including Risk Assessment Order outcomes, age of individuals at the time when they receive the sentence, and length of punishment part.

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FRAMEWORK FOR RISK ASSESSMENT, MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION

Our FRAME policy is the approach to risk assessment and management in Scotland. It outlines guiding principles that should underpin the work of justice agencies who assess and manage risk.

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Standards and Guidelines

We produce Standards and Guidelines for the Order for Lifelong Restriction (OLR) sentence. Our Standards and Guidelines for Risk Management also support the assessment and management of individuals who present a risk of serious harm.

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Training

We develop and deliver specialised training to support effective practice in risk assessment and risk management in Scotland, this includes our Fundamentals of Risk Training course which as been delivered to justice social workers and police since 2015.

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