Evaluating New York State’s Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act

Autor:	Jeffrey C. Sandler, Larkin S. McReynolds
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Recidivism Sex offender Review process Risk assessment Psychology Law Social psychology Historical Cohort Screening analysis Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Criminal Justice Policy Review. 23:164-185
ISSN:	1552-3586 0887-4034
DOI:	10.1177/0887403410390933
Popis:	The current study evaluated New York State’s sex offender civil management screening process. Specifically, the study sought to (a) determine which variables contributed significantly to offenders being deemed high risk and receiving a psychiatric examination, and (b) assess the likely public safety impact of civil management by examining the recidivism rates of a historical sample of offenders matched to Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act–reviewed offenders on variables important to the civil management screening outcome. Results of the screening analysis indicated the civil management risk assessment process places the most emphasis on variables empirically established to be related to sexual recidivism risk, such as the offender’s Static-99 score and whether the offender had a male victim. Results of the public safety impact analysis indicated that the review process appears to be accurately identifying the highest risk offenders, thereby likely increasing public safety.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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