We also provide resources on the effectiveness of risk management approaches and our new risk management directory contains information on the background, application, effectiveness and evidence base regarding the risk management approach and its use with forensic populations: saferr.rma.scot

To better understand the characteristics of those on an OLR we explored psychopathy and found, at sentencing, three quarters of individuals had either psychopathic traits or a diagnosis of psychopathy. Future studies will explore other characteristics. www.rma.scot/wp-content/u...

We have conducted research on better understanding the complexity & characteristics of those on an OLR. In 2022 we examined the diversity of offending behaviour and found that a fifth of individuals had general, sexual, violent, and intimate partner offending. www.rma.scot/wp-content/u...

Anyone subject to the OLR has a Risk Management Plan, which needs to meet our standards. This sets out the monitoring, victim safety planning,supervision and intervention requirements to manage risk. We approve these plans and oversee their implementation.To find out more rma.scot/update-to-st...

An integral part of the OLR is the punishment part, which is the minimum time to be spent in custody. For life sentence prisoners in Scotland the average punishment part is 18 years, compared with less than four years for the OLR. Find out more here: rma.scot/the-punishme... #RMAScot

One of the many protections of the OLR is that when an individual is being considered for the sentence, an in depth Risk Assessment is undertaken by accredited assessors. On the #RMAScot blog, we take a look at what's involved in the Risk Assessment Order: rma.scot/protecting-t...