Citation

Jung S, Wielinga F, Ennis L. J. Sex. Aggress. 2018; 24(1): 25-36.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13552600.2017.1388643

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The Brief Assessment of Recidivism Risk (BARR-2002R) comprises of six items from the Static-2002R and has been designed for predicting general and violent recidivism among sexual offenders. The present study investigates the ability of the BARR-2002R, Static-2002R, Static-99R, and SORAG to predict general, violent, and sexual recidivism in a sample of 342 male sex offenders at a community-based forensic clinic. All four of the risk schemes demonstrated large effect sizes for predicting general, violent, and sexual recidivism, although the BARR-2002R produced a moderate effect size in its prediction of sexual reoffending. Unlike past research, the BARR-2002R did not outperform the other measures; however, our findings showed that the BARR-2002R adds incremental value to the Static-99R in predicting general and violent recidivism. These findings provide support that the BARR-2002R is a valid, abbreviated risk scheme that could be used in routine assessments of individuals convicted of sexual offending.

Language: en

Keywords

BARR-2002R; predictive validity; sex offenders; Static-2002R; violent recidivism