Citation

Eke AW, Helmus LM, Seto MC. Sex. Abuse 2019; 31(4): 456-476.

Affiliation

Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1079063218762434

PMID

29592774

Abstract

The Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT) is a seven-item structured tool to assess the likelihood of future sexual offending over a 5-year fixed follow-up. The current study examined 5-year fixed follow-up data (15% any new sexual offense, 9% any new child pornography offense) for a validation sample of 80 men convicted of child pornography offense(s). Although statistical power was low, results were comparable with the development sample: The CPORT had slightly lower predictive accuracy for sexual recidivism for the overall group (area under the curve [AUC] =.70 vs. .74), but these values were not significantly different. Combining the development and validation samples, the CPORT predicted any sexual recidivism (AUC =.72) and child pornography recidivism specifically (AUC =.74), with similar accuracies. CPORT was also significantly predictive of these outcomes for the child pornography offenders with no known contact offenses. Strengths and weaknesses of incorporating CPORT into applied risk assessments are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

CPORT; child pornography; child sexual exploitation material; risk assessment; validation study