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Assessment of dynamic risk factors : Sarah M. Beggs and Randolf C. Grace an independent validation study of the Violence Risk Scale: Sexual Offender Version

By: Beggs, S.M.
Contributor(s): Grace, Randolph C.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleSeries: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.Publisher: Sage, 2010Subject(s): OFFENDERS | PERPETRATOR PROGRAMMES | RECIDIVISM | RISK ASSESSMENT | SEXUAL ABUSE | SEX OFFENDERS | TREATMENT | NEW ZEALAND | CANADA | SEXUAL VIOLENCE | CHILD SEXUAL ABUSEOnline resources: Access the abstract In: Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2010, 22(2): 234-251Summary: The Violence Risk Scale: Sexual Offender Version (VRS:SO) is a rating scale designed to assess risk among sexual offenders and the degree of change achieved in treatment. The scale consists of 7 static and 17 dynamic risk items, with protocols for measuring treatment change based on the Transtheoretical Change Model. The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of the VRS:SO on an independent sample of 218 child molesters who received treatment at a prison-based program (Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program) in New Zealand and who were followed up for an average of 12.2 years. Record #4241
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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2010, 22(2): 234-251

The Violence Risk Scale: Sexual Offender Version (VRS:SO) is a rating scale designed to assess risk among sexual offenders and the degree of change achieved in treatment. The scale consists of 7 static and 17 dynamic risk items, with protocols for measuring treatment change based on the Transtheoretical Change Model. The current study evaluated the psychometric properties of the VRS:SO on an independent sample of 218 child molesters who received treatment at a prison-based program (Kia Marama Sex Offender Treatment Program) in New Zealand and who were followed up for an average of 12.2 years. Record #4241