Citation

Klein V, Yoon D, Briken P, Turner D, Spehr A, Rettenberger M. Behav. Sci. Law 2012; 30(2): 181-195.

Affiliation

Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.2006

PMID

22411449

Abstract

The present study examines the relationship between risk and protective factors among young alleged sexual offenders (N = 66) in pre-trial and pre-treatment settings. For risk assessment purposes, the Screening Tool for the Assessment of Young Sexual Offenders' Risk (STAYSOR), the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), and the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for violence risk (SAPROF) were used. Psychopathological indicators measured with the Basis Raads Onderzoek (BARO) and the German adaption of the Reynolds Adolescent Adjustment Screening Inventory (RAASI) were used to examine the relationship between the risk assessment scales and instruments measuring risk-relevant psychopathological constructs. Risk and protective factors were significantly negatively correlated. Psychopathological measures were positively correlated with risk factors and negatively with protective factors. Although further studies on the predictive validity of the instruments are needed, the results of the present explorative pilot study indicate that the use of all five instruments may be clinically meaningful for the assessment of young persons who are at risk of sexual offending. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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