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Abstract: 

This is the first in a series of articles to be published in upcoming issues of SLR examining the state of the field of sex offender assessment, management, and theory. The series will ground readers in the history of sex offender psychology and law to better understand the developments that led to current risk assessment techniques. The present article focuses on recent developments in the identification and measurement of dynamic risk factors.

Keywords: Static Actuarial Risk Assessments; Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model; Static and Dynamic Risk Factors; Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) instruments; Mechanical/Mathematical instruments (MMI); Differences Between Sexual Recidivists and Non-recidiva

Affiliations:  1: Florida Department of Children and Families; 2: Rutgers Medical School.