Assessing Risk For Violence In Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended: A Comparison Of The J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, And SAVRY  

Oleh:

Viljoen, Jodi L. ; Scalora, Mario J. ; Cuadra, Lorraine ; Bader, Shannon ; Chávez, Verónica ; Ullman, Daniel ; Lawrence, Lisa

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 35 no. 1 (Jan. 2009), page 5-23.
Topik: risk assessment; violence; sex offending; juvenile; adolescent
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As the youth justice system has evolved, clinicians have been increasingly asked to make judgments about the likelihood that a youth who has committed a sexual offense will reoffend. However, there is an absence of well-validated tools to assist with these judgments. This study examined the ability of the Juvenile Sexual Offense Recidivism Risk Assessment Tool–II (J-SORRAT-II), Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), and Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol–II (J-SOAP-II) to predict violent behavior in 169 male youth who were admitted to a residential adolescent sex offender program. Total scores on the SAVRY and J-SOAP-II significantly predicted nonsexual violence but none of the instruments predicted sexual violence. The J-SOAP-II and SAVRY were less effective in predicting violent reoffending in youth aged 15 and younger than in older youth. The implications of these findings are discussed

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