Introducing: Martin Hildebrand
Martin Hildebrand, PhD, LLM is a consultant forensic psychologist and researcher. He studied Mental Health Sciences and Law at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Het obtained his PhD at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2004 (Dissertation: ‘Psychopathy in the treatment of forensic psychiatric patients: Assessment, prevalence, predictive validity, and clinical implications’).
Dr. Hildebrand’s areas of professional interest include criminal responsibility, personality assessment, psychopathy, violence risk assessment, treatment evaluation, test development, and psychological assessment.
He published rather extensively in the field of forensic psychology (journal articles, book chapters, and research reports) and he has edited a number of Dutch books in the area of psychological and forensic assessment. Some typical publications (for a complete overview, see ‘Publications’) are:
- Hildebrand, M., Hol, A. M., & Bosker, J. (2013). Predicting probation supervision violations. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 19, 114-125. doi: 10.1037/a0028179
Download the publication - Hildebrand, M., & de Ruiter, C. (2012). Psychopathic traits and change on indicators of dynamic risk factors during inpatient forensic psychiatric treatment. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 35, 276-288. doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2012.04.001
Download the publication - Hildebrand, M. (2004). Psychopathy in the treatment of forensic psychiatric patients: Assessment, prevalence, predictive validity, and clinical implications. Doctoral dissertation, University of Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Dutch University Press.
- Hildebrand, M., de Ruiter, C., & de Vogel, V. (2004). Psychopathy and sexual deviance in treated rapists: Association with sexual and non-sexual recidivism. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 16, 1-24.
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- Spousal Assault Risk Assessment Guide (SARA; Kropp, Hart, Webster, & Eaves, 1995)
- Historical, Clinical Risk management - 20 Versie 2 (HCR-20; Webster, Douglas, Eaves, & Hart, 1997)
- Sexual Violence Risk – 20 (SVR-20; Boer, Hart, Kropp, & Webster, 1997)
- Early Assessment Risk List for Boys (EARL-20B; Augimeri, Koegl, Webster, & Levene, 2001)
- Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI; Hoge & Andrews, 2002)
- Short-term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START; Webster, Martin, Brink, Nicholls, & Desmarais, 2004)
He has conducted numerous workshops in the Netherlands on risk assessment of child abuse, spousal assault, and general (sexual) violent behavior. He has been involved in delivering workshops on risk assessment to people from diverse backgrounds, with different levels of knowledge and experience, and with different aims and expectations. Furthermore, Dr. Hildebrand trains professionals in the use of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; Hare, 1991, 2003) and the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth, Kosson & Hare, 2003). He is also a co-author of the Dutch translations of the PCL-R, PCL: YV, and the Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality – Institutional Rating Scale (CAPP-IRS; Cooke, Hart & Logan, 2004).
Also, by order of, and in collaboration with, the Dutch Probation Service, he developed a new version of the Risk Assessment Scales [in Dutch: ‘Recidive Inschattings Schalen’ (RISc)], the Dutch national diagnostic and risk assessment tool developed to help probation officers to accurately and consistently assess the risk of re-offending and dangerousness for each offender (Hildebrand & Reclassering Nederland, 2014).
Dr. Hildebrand works with organizations (e.g., Child Protective Services, Dutch Probation Service, forensic psychiatric institutions) in an attempt to develop and implement policies on violence risk assessment to ensure best practice within a pragmatic framework.
"For 12 years, I work in youth care and in this period I have attended many workshops. The two-day workshop of dr. Hildebrand stands out because of his experience in the field of (psychiatric) care, his evidence-based thinking, his ability to transfer his knowledge to daily practice, and because of the way he adapts to a highly diverse group. His training has given me a lot of confidence in conducting one of the most difficult tasks of my profession: risk assessment in cases of suspicion of child abuse. And that's worth a lot to me!”Dennis
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