@article{ref1,
title="Improving risk assessments for sex offenders: a comparison of three actuarial scales",
journal="Law and human behavior",
year="2000",
author="Hanson, R. Karl and Thornton, D.",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="119-136",
abstract="The study compared the predictive accuracy of three sex offender risk-assessment measures: the RRASOR (Hanson, 1997), Thornton's SACJ-Min (Grubin, 1998), and a new scale, Static-99, created by combining the items from the RRASOR and SACJ-Min. Predictive accuracy was tested using four diverse datasets drawn from Canada and the United Kingdom (total n = 1301). The RRASOR and the SACJ-Min showed roughly equivalent predictive accuracy, and the combination of the two scales was more accurate than either original scale. Static-99 showed moderate predictive accuracy for both sexual recidivism (r = 0.33, ROC area = 0.71) and violent (including sexual) recidivism (r = 0.32, ROC area = 0.69). The variation in the predictive accuracy of Static-99 across the four samples was no more than would be expected by chance.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0147-7307",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}