The standards and guidelines for risk management sets the form for a Risk Management Plan for those offenders subject to an Order for Lifelong Restriction.
A number of fundamental principles underpin the standards and guidelines for risk management:
- Violent and sexual offending inflicts serious harm and members of the public, victims or potential victims deserve to be protected from this behaviour;
- The risk of serious harm cannot be eliminated, and by its very nature risk defies absolute prediction;
- However, it must be managed and can be minimised by the application of robust, appropriate and adequate risk management based on a formulation of the risks posed by the offender; and
- Risk management practice is measured against the concept of “the defensible decision”.
The RMA has published “Standards and Guidelines: Risk Management of Offenders Subject to an Order for Lifelong Restriction”. This document can be downloaded by clicking here.