When assessing whether a supervision order can reasonably and practicably manage the adequate protection of the community under s 13(6)(b)(i) of the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld), the court must consider both known and unknown elements of risk. Where expert psychiatrists unanimously recommend that an offender complete a treatment program before release in order to identify the true triggers for offending, the court may conclude that a supervision order cannot provide adequate protection in the absence of that program being completed. Expert psychiatric evidence based on structured clinical judgment combining clinical assessment with actuarial instruments is not undermined merely because the actuarial instruments used are not the most recent versions, provided the experts confirm their overall assessment would not change.
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