Updated Meta-Analysis of Police Risk Assessment Tools for Health and Crime Outcomes

Following the publication of our meta-analysis, “Risk assessment tools used at the policing stage for health and crime outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis” in Social Science & Medicine, additional relevant studies were identified. These studies—primarily government and other gray-literature reports—were not captured in the original search strategy but contain potentially important data on the routine use of police risk assessment tools. We therefore conducted an updated synthesis to assess whether inclusion of these studies materially alters the original findings.