Incorporating change information into sexual offender risk assessments using the Violence Risk Scale - Sexual Offender version Mark E. Oliver, Sarah M. Beggs Christofferson, Randolf C. Grace and Stephen C.P. Wong
By: Olver, Mark E
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Contributor(s): Beggs, S.M | Grace, Randolph C | Wong, Stephen C.P.
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ArticleSeries: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.Publisher: Sage, 2014Subject(s): OFFENDERS | PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES | RECIDIVISM | RISK ASSESSMENT | SEXUAL ABUSE | SEX OFFENDERS | TREATMENT | NEW ZEALAND | CANADA | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSEOnline resources: Access the abstract
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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2014, 26(5): 472-499Summary: This study examined the use of risk-change information in sexual offender risk assessments featuring the Violence Risk Scale–Sexual Offender version (VRS-SO), a sex offender risk
assessment and treatment planning tool. Two samples, 218 offenders in the Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program in New Zealand and 321 offenders in the Clearwater Sex Offender Program in Canada were combined for this analysis.
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2014, 26(5): 472-499
This study examined the use of risk-change information in sexual offender risk assessments featuring the Violence Risk Scale–Sexual Offender version (VRS-SO), a sex offender risk
assessment and treatment planning tool. Two samples, 218 offenders in the Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program in New Zealand and 321 offenders in the Clearwater Sex Offender Program in Canada were combined for this analysis.
