NCJ Number
232246
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 37 Issue: 10 Dated: October 2010 Pages: 1066-1085
Date Published
October 2010
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This study investigated the predictive validity of two measures of risk assessment for sexual recidivism in a sample of adolescent sexual offenders.
Abstract
The present study explored the predictive validity of two measures designed to assess risk for sexual recidivism in adolescent sexual offenders (ASO), the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment ProtocolII and the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism, in the context of an antisociality-based typology of adolescent sexual offenders. The authors distinguished between adolescent sexual offenders with a history of general offending (delinquent ASO) and adolescent sexual offenders without a history of general offending (sex offenseonly ASO). They found differential predictive accuracy of risk measures according to offender type: Both instruments predicted sexual recidivism in the sex offenseonly ASO group (large effect sizes), whereas in the delinquent ASO group, the measures did not predict sexual recidivism beyond chance levels. Risk assessment in the context of an antisociality-based sex offender typology is discussed. Tables and references (Published Abstract)