Assessing Risk In Sex Offender Engineers Book

About the Authors     ix
Preface: The Extent of Sexual Violence and the Risk Approach     xi
Acknowledgements     xix
Background, Developmental Frameworks and Predictive Accuracy
Characteristics of Sexual Offenders     3
Developmental Frameworks and Functional Analysis     23
Methodological Considerations in Measuring Predictive Accuracy     37
Static Risk Factors
Static Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism     55
Actuarial and Clinically Guided Measures     69
Dynamic Risk Factors
Dynamic Factors Associated with Sexual Recividism     91
Treatment and Sexual Recidivism     111
Structuring Risk Assessment
Aetiology and Risk     129
Policy and Practice
Implementing Risk Management Policy     147
Improving Risk Assessment Estimates     169
Strengths Based Approaches to Risk Assessment     185
References     201
Index     231