Risk assessment is considered to be a key element in the prevention of recidivism among
juvenile sex offenders (JSOs), often by imposing long-term consequences based on that …

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

Several risk assessment tools, including the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol-II
(Prentky & Righthand, 2003), the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism …

Se conceptualizan las distintas aproximaciones teóricas y metodológicas sobre valoración y
gestión del riesgo de reincidencia delictiva en menores infractores. Se realiza una revisión …

The overconfidence bias occurs when clinicians overestimate the accuracy of their clinical
judgments. This bias is thought to be robust leading to an almost universal recommendation …

The issue of potential malingering (or poor effort) in the context of head injury litigation has
seen an explosion of research and commentary in the last 40 years. Various journals …

Adolescents adjudicated for sexual offenses are a heterogeneous group. The identification
of more homogeneous subgroups of offenders may enable improved treatment, as the …

Forensic evaluations conducted with children and adolescents are replete with a host of
complex and nuanced challenges. Adding to this complexity are the recent societal trends …

Estimating the risk of sexual recidivism for a juvenile sex offender is essential in order to
protect public safety by identifying and evaluating high risk adolescents and to ensure the …

Recent research suggested that the predictive validity of adult sexual offender risk
assessment measures can be affected when used cross-culturally, but there is no published …