TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Recent research (N = 9,305) underscores the importance of using age-stratified actuarial tables in sex offender risk assessments
JO  - Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment
A1  - Wollert, Richard
A1  - Cramer, Elliot
A1  - Waggoner, Jacqueline
A1  - Skelton, Alexander
A1  - Vess, James
SP  - 471
EP  - 490
VL  - 22
IS  - 4
N2  - A useful understanding of the relationship between age, actuarial scores, and sexual recidivism can be obtained by comparing the entries in equivalent cells from "agestratified" actuarial tables. This article reports the compilation of the first multisample age-stratified table of sexual recidivism rates, referred to as the "multisample age-stratified table of sexual recidivism rates (MATS-1)," from recent research on Static-99 and another actuarial known as the Automated Sexual Recidivism Scale. The MATS-1 validates the "age invariance effect" that the risk of sexual recidivism declines with advancing age and shows that age-restricted tables underestimate risk for younger offenders and overestimate risk for older offenders. Based on data from more than 9,000 sex offenders, our conclusion is that evaluators should report recidivism estimates from age-stratified tables when they are assessing sexual recidivism risk, particularly when evaluating the aging sex offender.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-0632
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063210384633
ID  - ref1
ER  -