Abstract: Objective To introduce and revise the Violence Risk Scale（VRS） for assessing violence risk and risk change, and to examine the reliability of Violence Risk Scale of Chinese version（VRS-C）. Methods The original English version of the VRS was translated into Chinese according to established translation procedures. To examine the scorer reliability the 14 cases assessed by 3 assessors separately. One hundred and twenty-five patients with mental disorders from 3 different institutions in Sichuan province （Refined Control Ward in Ankang Hospital, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Institute of Forensic Science and Mental Health Center of West China Hospital） were collected to examine the reliability of VRS-C. Results The results showed moderately good scale reliability of the VRS-C, with 0.80 of ICC for scorer reliability. All items have significant consistence with Cronbach’s alpha coefficient as 0.921, split-half reliability as 0.906 and item total correlation as 0.246-0.849. Conclusion The reliability of the VRS-C version is acceptable.

Key words: forensic psychiatry, risk assessment, violence risk scale, reliability