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Recent Advances in Adult Male Sex Offender Risk Assessment  


Author:  Jason  Rydberg.


Source: Volume 14, Number 01, December/January 2013 , pp.3-6(4)




Sex Offender Law Report

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Abstract: 

This article provides an overview of several actuarial risk measures typically used for sex offender treatment and evaluation. While not meant to be a comprehensive list, it provides an easy-to-understand introduction to these risk measures, as well as a brief discussion of some of the advances and concerns with these measures individually as well as risk assessment as a whole.

Keywords: Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised; Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offense Recidivism; Static-99; Static-2002; STABLE-2007, ACUTE-2007; adjusting risk scores

Affiliations:  1: Michigan State University School of Criminal Justice.

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