Assessing Sex Offense Risk in Adults Whose Offenses Occurred as Juveniles
Author: Philip H. Witt, Ph.D..; Robert Prentky, Ph.D..; John Furlong, Esq..; James Reynolds, Ph.D..; Sean Hiscox, Ph.D..
Source: Volume 15, Number 03, April/May 2014 , pp.33-40(8)
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Abstract:
How can we best protect the public from those who truly present risk without forfeiting the prospects of a normal and productive adulthood for those many others who present little or no risk at all? This article seeks to trace these developments and suggest some room for improvement in how we assess the juvenile offender, humanely and accurately, for the benefit of society and offender alike.Keywords: Doe v. Poritz; SORNA Compliance; re T.T.; re Registrant J.G.; Juvenile Risk Assessment Scale; ERASOR; J-SOAP-II; developmental factors; Risk-adversity; Risk-adversity; Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20); Stable-2007; Acute-2007
Affiliations:
1: Associates in Psychological Services; 2: Fairleigh Dickenson University; 3: contributing editor to SLR; 4: forensic psychologist; 5: Associates in Psychological Services.