Twenty years of progress in violence risk assessmentR Karl Hanson
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Canada
J Interpers Violence 20:212-7. 2005
..Through quantitative summaries, the cumulative findings of small, potentially insignificant studies have provided important answers to questions concerning the effective assessment and treatment of violent offenders...
Does Static-99 predict recidivism among older sexual offenders?R K Hanson
Corrections Research, Public Safety Canada, 340 Laurier Ave, West, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0P8, Canada
Sex Abuse 18:343-55. 2006
..Older offenders, however, had lower sexual recidivism rates than would be expected based on their Static-99 risk categories. Consequently, evaluators using Static-99 should considered advanced age in their overall estimate of risk...
Sexual offender recidivism risk: what we know and what we need to knowR Karl Hanson
Corrections Research, Department of the Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8, Canada
Ann N Y Acad Sci 989:154-66; discussion 236-46. 2003
..Nevertheless, the limitations of actuarial risk assessments are sufficient that experts have yet to reach consensus on the best methods for combining risk factors into an overall evaluation...
The characteristics of persistent sexual offenders: a meta-analysis of recidivism studiesR Karl Hanson
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0P8, Canada
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1154-63. 2005
..g., psychological distress, denial of sex crime, victim empathy, stated motivation for treatment) had little or no relationship with sexual or violent recidivism...
Denial predicts recidivism for some sexual offendersKevin L Nunes
Programming Research Division, Research Branch, Correctional Service Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Sex Abuse 19:91-105. 2007
..The results suggest that denial merits further consideration for researchers as well as those involved in applied risk assessment of sexual offenders...
The utility of cumulative meta-analysis: application to programs for reducing sexual violenceR Karl Hanson
Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Sex Abuse 17:357-73. 2005
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The relationship between static and dynamic risk factors and reconviction in a sample of U.K. child abusersAnthony Beech
School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Sex Abuse 14:155-67; discussion 195-7. 2002
..This result indicates the importance of considering dynamic risk factors in any comprehensive risk protocol...
First report of the collaborative outcome data project on the effectiveness of psychological treatment for sex offendersR Karl Hanson
Department of the Solicitor General of Canada, 340 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0P8
Sex Abuse 14:169-94; discussion 195-7. 2002
..9%) and general recidivism (from 51 to 32%). Older forms of treatment (operating prior to 1980) appeared to have little effect. Future directions for improving the quality of sex offender treatment outcome evaluations are discussed...
Introduction to the special section on dynamic risk assessment with sex offendersR Karl Hanson
Department of the Solicitor General of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Sex Abuse 14:99-101; discussion 195-7. 2002