TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Improving risk assessments for sex offenders: a comparison of three actuarial scales
JO  - Law and human behavior
A1  - Hanson, R. Karl
A1  - Thornton, D.
SP  - 119
EP  - 136
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0147-7307
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -