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Construction and Validation of SRA-FV Need Assessment

NCJ Number
311263
Journal
Sexual Abuse Volume: 27 Issue: 4 Dated: 2014 Pages: 360-375
Date Published
December 2013
Length
16 pages
Abstract

This article describes the construction and testing of a newly designed instrument to assess psychological factors associated with increased rates of sexual recidivism. The new instrument (Structured Risk Assessment–Forensic Version or SRA-FV) was based on previous research using the SRA framework. This article describes the results of testing SRA-FV with a large sample (N = 566) of sexual offenders being evaluated for an early civil commitment program. SRA-FV was found to significantly predict sexual recidivism for both child molesters and rapists and to have incremental predictive value relative to two widely used static actuarial instruments (Static-99R; Risk Matrix 2000/S).

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Date Published: December 1, 2013