Using the CuRV to assess risk
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Dynamic risk and violence in individuals with an intellectual disability (ID): Psychometric evaluation of the Current Risk of Violence (CuRV) measure
IRAS ID
171641
Contact name
Laura Golding
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
The University of Liverpool
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 8 months, 30 days
Research summary
Background: There are a limited number of risk assessments available for people with ID. This means it is difficult for clinicians to accurately assess an individual’s risk. Currently, clinicians rely on tools developed for people in the general population that may not be appropriate for people with ID, or develop their own measures that may be inaccurate. As a result, individuals may face unnecessary restrictions on their freedom or people who pose a risk may be given too much freedom. In response to this, the CuRV (Current Risk of Violence) was developed as a ‘quick’ and ‘easy to use’ tool to assess the risk of violence and aggression. A previous study showed that the CuRV could accurately assess the risk of violence for people with ID who live in residential/hospital settings. However, there are a number of outstanding questions about the validity and reliability of the CuRV before it can be made widely available to ID clinicians.
Aim: The aim of this research is to assess whether the CuRV is a valid and reliable measure for people with ID who live in the community. We also aim to assess whether the CuRV can accurately predict violence in this group by comparing it to a tool developed for people without an ID (Short Dynamic Risk Scale; SDRS).
Design: Stage 1: Community services will be asked to complete the CuRV and the SDRS for 80 participants. Formal written consent will be obtained from service users to access their notes in order to collect scores from the SDRS, CuRV and incident data. Data will not be collected with service users directly. Stage 2: The student will collect scores for the SDRS and the CuRV from clinical records. Stage 3: Violent incident data for a three-month period following stage 1 will be collected from services.REC name
East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 2
REC reference
15/ES/0043
Date of REC Opinion
28 Apr 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion