Factors Predicting Desistance From Reoffending: A Validation Study of the SAPROF in Sexual Offenders
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Factors Predicting Desistance From Reoffending: A Validation Study of the SAPROF in Sexual Offenders. / Yoon, Dahlnym; Turner, Daniel; Klein, Verena; Rettenberger, Martin; Eher, Reinhard; Briken, Peer.
In: INT J OFFENDER THER, Vol. 62, No. 3, 02.2018, p. 697-716.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Factors Predicting Desistance From Reoffending: A Validation Study of the SAPROF in Sexual Offenders
AU - Yoon, Dahlnym
AU - Turner, Daniel
AU - Klein, Verena
AU - Rettenberger, Martin
AU - Eher, Reinhard
AU - Briken, Peer
N1 - © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - The present study aims at validating the German version of the Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors (SAPROF) for violence risk in a representative sample of incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Sexual offenders (n = 450) were rated retrospectively with the SAPROF using the database of the Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders (FECVSO) in the Austrian Prison System. Interrater reliability and predictive validity of the SAPROF scores concerning desistance from recidivism were calculated. Concurrent and incremental validity were tested using the combination of the SAPROF and the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20). Interrater reliability was moderate to excellent, and predictive accuracy for various types of recidivism was rather small to moderate. There was a clear negative relationship between the SAPROF and the SVR-20 risk factors. Whereas the SAPROF revealed itself as a significant predictor for various recidivism categories, it did not add any predictive value beyond the SVR-20. Although the SAPROF itself can predict desistance from recidivism, it seems to contribute to the risk assessment in convicted sexual offenders only to a limited extent, once customary risk assessment tools have been applied. Implications for clinical use and further studies are discussed.
AB - The present study aims at validating the German version of the Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors (SAPROF) for violence risk in a representative sample of incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Sexual offenders (n = 450) were rated retrospectively with the SAPROF using the database of the Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders (FECVSO) in the Austrian Prison System. Interrater reliability and predictive validity of the SAPROF scores concerning desistance from recidivism were calculated. Concurrent and incremental validity were tested using the combination of the SAPROF and the Sexual Violence Risk-20 (SVR-20). Interrater reliability was moderate to excellent, and predictive accuracy for various types of recidivism was rather small to moderate. There was a clear negative relationship between the SAPROF and the SVR-20 risk factors. Whereas the SAPROF revealed itself as a significant predictor for various recidivism categories, it did not add any predictive value beyond the SVR-20. Although the SAPROF itself can predict desistance from recidivism, it seems to contribute to the risk assessment in convicted sexual offenders only to a limited extent, once customary risk assessment tools have been applied. Implications for clinical use and further studies are discussed.
U2 - 10.1177/0306624X16664379
DO - 10.1177/0306624X16664379
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 27531703
VL - 62
SP - 697
EP - 716
JO - INT J OFFENDER THER
JF - INT J OFFENDER THER
SN - 0306-624X
IS - 3
ER -
