Table 2.

Broadly there are three methods to assess risk

Unstructured clinical assessments	Actuarial risk assessment	Structured clinical judgments
Past history of Violence and Aggression The effect of mental and physical health issues Personality and Substance use disorders Social and cultural components.[2]	Utilize quantifiable predictors based on research; to estimate a quantifiable value for the outcome in question. The main area of focus would be the likelihood of violence or assaultive behaviour happening within a short time period.[2]	It includes both the clinical appraisal approach and the actuarial methods. Risk factors identified from an extensive literature review will be assessed by raters using a variety of clinical sources.[2]