We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of the Level of Service (LS) scales, their
predictive accuracy and group-based differences in risk/need, across 128 studies …

One of the important inuences on contemporary conceptions of risk assessment is the
risk/needs/responsivity (RNR) model described by Canadian researchers (Andrews & …

This review compared the accuracy of various approaches to the prediction of recidivism
among sexual offenders. On the basis of a meta-analysis of 536 findings drawn from 118 …

The current investigation is a meta-analysis of the predictive accuracy of three well-known
forensic instruments used to appraise risk with young offenders: youth adaptations of the …

The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) is a structured professional
judgment tool for assessing violence risk in adolescents, between the approximate ages of …

Data from several sources have indicated that violence in general (Federal Bureau of
Investigation, 2012; Finkelhor & Jones, 2004; Sickmund, & Puzzanchera, 2014), and sexual …

Attitudes supportive of sexual offending figure prominently in theories of sexual offending, as
well as in contemporary assessment and treatment practices with sex offenders. Based on …

This paper discusses the concerns associated with the introduction of, and increased
reliance on, actuarial risk tools in sentencing in order to:(1) stimulate cross-disciplinary …

A meta‐analysis of k= 53 studies containing 60 non‐overlapping samples and 10,073
participants was conducted to investigate whether psychopathy was associated with …

This study reports on the results of a review and meta-analysis of 63 data sets that examine
sexual recidivism among juvenile sex offenders. The studies include a total of 11,219 …