M.A.S.R.A.M. MODEL

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M.A.S.R.A.M. MODEL

• RISK ASSESSMENT
• RISK MANAGEMENT

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RISK ASSESSMENT

• Cannot prevent risk

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RISK ASSESSMENT CAN

• Identify the probability of harm
• Assess the impact of it on key individuals
• Lead to intervention strategies which may
  diminish the risk or reduce harm

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RISK

• The calculation of hazards, dangers and potential
  loss or damage if things go wrong.
• There is always an element of uncertainty in
  assessing risk
• Assessment of potential loss or damage must be
  considered before action plans are agreed.

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DEFINITIONS

• HAZARDS
• STRENGTHS
• DANGERS
• RISKS

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HAZARDS

• Conditions that introduce the possibility that
  loss or damage will result to individuals.
• These Include offender specific hazards and
  situational hazards.

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OFFENDER SPECIFIC HAZARDS

• HISTORICAL
• factors which are linked to the previous
  offences.
• CURRENT
• historical factors which are still evident
  and/or new factors which cause concern.
• Current can be defined as present in the last 2
  years.

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Offender Specific Hazards

• Known targeting/grooming methods to carry out
  sexual assaults on children or adults.
• Violence / threats/weapons
• Sexual interests/preferences
• Distorted thinking, attitudes, beliefs about
  child or adult sexuality, women,victims.
• Personality factors
• Other addictions/ abuses or criminality
• Cognitive deficits
• Lack of motivation to address offending
  behaviour or take responsibility for it.

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SITUATIONAL HAZARDS

• Access to children or vulnerable adults in
  family, employment or community context
• Family members non acceptance of risk and failure
  to put safeguards in place
• Association with other sex offenders
• Mobility/transport/travel issues
• Social isolation of offender due to lack of
  support systems.
• Changes in the offenders life circumstances,loss
  of job breakdown in relationships
• Release from custody.

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STRENGTHS

• INTERNAL
• SITUATIONAL

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INTERNAL STRENGTHS

• Offender motivation to address behaviour
• Evidence of significant change in attitudes and
  behaviours which had led to offending
• Sustained evidence of above over a significant
  period
• Positive response to supervision
• Ability to recognise and manage risky situations

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SITUATIONAL STRENGTHS

• Appropriate and non collusive support from
  family, friends, associates and the local
  community.
• Employment stability
• Community supervision/monitoring from
  statutory/voluntary agencies.
• Supervised or supported accommodation
• Availability of programmes in prison and
  community to address offending behaviour

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DANGERS

• The resulting events which if they occur will
  cause loss or damage to the victims.
• Must be specific in identifying WHO is likely to
  be sexually assaulted
• HOW the attack is likely to occur
• WHAT the circumstances are likely to be,
  including aggravating factors
• HOW current/imminent is the danger.
• HOW serious is the loss/damage to the victims

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SERIOUS HARM

• HARM- PHYSICAL or PSYCHOLOGICAL which is LIFE
  THREATENING and/or TRAUMATIC and from which
  recovery is usually difficult or incomplete.

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Levels of Risk

• MASRAM Procedures are concerned with likelihood
  that serious harm will occur as well as the
  likelihood of re offence.
• Category 3 someone whose sexual offending has
  been assessed as currently likely to lead them to
  seriously harm other people.
• Category 2 someone whose behaviour gives cause
  for clear concern with regard to their likelihood
  of carrying out a contact sex offence.
• Category 1 someone whose behaviour gives no
  current concern with regard to their capacity to
  seriously harm other people or commit a contact
  sex offence.

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RISK MANAGEMENT
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Principles of Risk Management

• Purpose to protect the public from harm
• Reduction in propensity and/or opportunity to re
  offend
• High risk High priority
• Planning and proactive approach
• Use Multi agency- formal protocols and
  information systems
• M.A.S.R.A.M DOES NOT REPLACE CHILD PROTECTION
  PROCEDURES.

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MASRAM risk management procedures

• Risk management is the action agreed and
  undertaken by members of an area sex offender
  risk management committee in relation to category
  2 and category 3 sex offenders with the objective
  of protecting the public

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Designated risk manager

• Direct communication with the offender
• Seek his/her co-operation with the action plan
• Co-ordinate the action plan
• Report to A.S.O.R.M.C. at agreed intervals
• Take informed interest in offenders progressor
  lack of
• Act as focal point for sharing of information
• Convene a multi agency sex offender conference if
  required in situation of immediate risk.