Estimating the Probability of Sexual Recidivism Among Men Charged or Convicted of Sexual Offences: Evidence-Based Guidance for Applied Evaluators
Risk assessment is routinely applied in forensic decision-making. Although relative risk information from risk scales is robust across diverse samples and settings, estimates of the absolute probability of sexual recidivism are not. Nonetheless, absolute recidivism estimates are still necessary in s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology
2021-06-01
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Series: | Sexual Offending |
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Online Access: | https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/4283 |