Where Should We Intervene?: Dynamic Predictors of Sexual Offense Recidivism
Abstract
Effective intervention with sexual offenders requires the targeting of appropriate risk factors. In this study, information on dynamic (changeable) risk factors was collected through interviews with community supervision officers and file reviews of 208 sexual offense recidivists and 201 nonrecidivists. The recidivists were generally considered to have poor social supports, attitudes tolerant of sexual assault, antisocial lifestyles, poor self-management strategies, and difficulties cooperating with supervision. The overall mood of the recidivists and nonrecidivists was similar, but the recidivists showed increased anger and subjective distress just before reoffending. The dynamic risk factors reported by the officers continued to be strongly associated with recidivism, even after controlling for preexisting differences in static risk factors. The factors identified in the interview data were reflected (to a lesser extent) in the officers' contemporaneous case notes, which suggests that the interview findings cannot be completely attributed to retrospective recall bias.
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There is strong social and political pressure to address sexual offending, not just in terms of helping victims but in preventing sexual recidivism.
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- Authors
- HANSON, R. K., & HARRIS, A. J. R.
- Affiliations
- Government of Canada (CA)
- ORCID
- HANSON, R. KARL
- Venue
- Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-02
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-35
- ISSN
- 0093-8548 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3594
- OpenAlex
- W2157387304
- Cited by
- 793
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 25.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Criminal Justice and Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Keywords
- sexual offenders, recidivism, dynamic risk factors, community supervision, risk assessment, social support, self-management strategies, anger, subjective distress, static risk factors
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