%0 Journal Article
%T Factorial analysis of risk matrix 2000 on an Italian sample of sexual offenders
%J Journal of sexual aggression
%D 2016
%A Garombo, M. F.
%A Salvadori, S.
%A Contarino, A.
%A Castellino, N.
%A Molinaro, S.
%A Garofano, P.
%A Molo, M. T.
%A Veglia, F.
%A Rosso, C.
%V 22
%N 2
%P 137-146
%X In order to assess the internal structure of Risk Matrix 2000 in an Italian sample of 308 adult males convicted for sex abuse, a principal component analysis with Promax rotation was performed. The results identified a structure with three factors that explained 53.8% of the total variance: the first factor concerned items referred to the criminal career of the offender; the second factor concerned the age of onset in committing crimes; the third factor was more strictly related to the offenders' attitude towards the sex crime/s, and reflects the aggravating items of the S scale. These results allows us to have the first validated tool on an Italian sample for assessing the level of risk for recidivism.<p />
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 1355-2600
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2015.1047908