Construction and Validation of SRA-FV Need Assessment

This article describes the construction and testing of a newly designed instrument to assess psychological factors associated with increased rates of sexual recidivism. The new instrument (Structured Risk Assessment–Forensic Version or SRA-FV) was based on previous research using the SRA framework....

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Published inSexual abuse Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 360 - 375
Main Authors Thornton, David, Knight, Raymond A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.08.2015
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Adult
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Commitments
Criminals - psychology
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Rape - psychology
Recidivism
Recurrence
Risk Assessment
Secondary Prevention
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Violence - psychology
Young Adult
prediction
risk assessment
recidivism
criminogenic need
sex offenders
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Summary:This article describes the construction and testing of a newly designed instrument to assess psychological factors associated with increased rates of sexual recidivism. The new instrument (Structured Risk Assessment–Forensic Version or SRA-FV) was based on previous research using the SRA framework. This article describes the results of testing SRA-FV with a large sample (N = 566) of sexual offenders being evaluated for an early civil commitment program. SRA-FV was found to significantly predict sexual recidivism for both child molesters and rapists and to have incremental predictive value relative to two widely used static actuarial instruments (Static-99R; Risk Matrix 2000/S).
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ISSN:1079-0632
1573-286X
DOI:10.1177/1079063213511120