The Violence Risk Scale or VRS is a risk assessment tools designed based on the risk, need and responsivity principles to assess the risk of violent recidivism. It is a rating scale with 6 static and 20 dynamic risk factors. Ratings of the dynamic risk factors are used to identify the person's criminogenic needs or treatment targets. The VRS can also assess the person's treatment readiness and change in risk over time or after treatment. It can also be used to guide post-treatment risk management. Please review the VRS User Guidelines at http: //www.psynergy.ca before making purchases. VRS users can download VRS Score Sheets as required free of charge. Users are also strongly encouraged to receive training in using the tool. To download score sheets and for training information, please visit http: //www.psynergy.ca