TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Clinical, actuarial and dynamic risk assessment of sexual offenders: Why do things keep changing?
JO  - Journal of sexual aggression
A1  - Harris, Andrew John Rawson
A1  - Hanson, R. Karl
SP  - 296
EP  - 310
VL  - 16
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper reviews the changes in risk assessment procedures for sexual offenders over the last 15 years from the viewpoint of two active participants in that change. Best practices with this target group have evolved at a dizzying pace, leaving many practitioners and programme managers uncertain about which tests or procedures they should use and, frankly, wondering why things keep changing. We view this ongoing evolution as very positive. Compared to the early 1990s, evaluators now have better knowledge of the static and dynamic factors associated with sexual recidivism, and a number of empirically validated risk assessment tools. We describe the various risk assessment procedures we have introduced (e.g. STATIC-99, SONAR, STABLE-2007/ACUTE-2007), the reasons why practices have changed and the reasons why practices will continue to change.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1355-2600
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2010.494772
ID  - ref1
ER  -