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Using evidence-based Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) tools, we provide comprehensive violence risk assessments to help organizations identify, understand, and proactively manage risks related to interpersonal violence, threats, harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, and workplace safety concerns.
Our assessments are informed by internationally recognized professional judgment frameworks, including:
SAM–Stalking Assessment and Management
SARA–Spousal Assault Risk Assessment
HCR-20–Historical, Clinical, Risk Management – 20
These tools support a structured, evidence-based evaluation of historical factors, current behaviours, contextual stressors, and future risk scenarios, allowing organizations to move from reactive response to proactive prevention.
What the process includes
Our violence risk assessment process may include:
case intake and incident review
Review of reported concerns, incident history, complaints, witness statements, and available documentation
structured risk assessment
Application of validated SPJ tools such as SAM, SARA, and HCR-20 to assess the presence and relevance of key risk factors
interviews and information gathering
Interviews with relevant parties, supervisors, HR, complainants, and other stakeholders, where appropriate
risk formulation and scenario planning
Identification of likely risk pathways, severity, imminence, and potential future escalation scenarios
protective and mitigating factors review
Consideration of existing supports, controls, environmental factors, and intervention opportunities
risk management recommendations
Practical, defensible recommendations to reduce risk, which may include safety planning, workplace controls, reporting pathways, monitoring strategies, and referral supports
follow-up and reassessment support
Ongoing consultation and reassessment as circumstances evolve
Outcomes
Clients receive a clear written risk assessment report that outlines:
identified risk factors
level and nature of risk
potential escalation indicators
recommended control measures
safety and response planning recommendations
Our approach is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and designed to support legislative compliance, duty of care, and defensible decision-making.
Using evidence-based Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) tools, we provide comprehensive violence risk assessments to help organizations identify, understand, and proactively manage risks related to interpersonal violence, threats, harassment, stalking, intimate partner violence, and workplace safety concerns.
Our assessments are informed by internationally recognized professional judgment frameworks, including:
SAM–Stalking Assessment and Management
SARA–Spousal Assault Risk Assessment
HCR-20–Historical, Clinical, Risk Management – 20
These tools support a structured, evidence-based evaluation of historical factors, current behaviours, contextual stressors, and future risk scenarios, allowing organizations to move from reactive response to proactive prevention.
What the process includes
Our violence risk assessment process may include:
case intake and incident review
Review of reported concerns, incident history, complaints, witness statements, and available documentation
structured risk assessment
Application of validated SPJ tools such as SAM, SARA, and HCR-20 to assess the presence and relevance of key risk factors
interviews and information gathering
Interviews with relevant parties, supervisors, HR, complainants, and other stakeholders, where appropriate
risk formulation and scenario planning
Identification of likely risk pathways, severity, imminence, and potential future escalation scenarios
protective and mitigating factors review
Consideration of existing supports, controls, environmental factors, and intervention opportunities
risk management recommendations
Practical, defensible recommendations to reduce risk, which may include safety planning, workplace controls, reporting pathways, monitoring strategies, and referral supports
follow-up and reassessment support
Ongoing consultation and reassessment as circumstances evolve
Outcomes
Clients receive a clear written risk assessment report that outlines:
identified risk factors
level and nature of risk
potential escalation indicators
recommended control measures
safety and response planning recommendations
Our approach is trauma-informed, evidence-based, and designed to support legislative compliance, duty of care, and defensible decision-making.