assessingsexualviolence

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g 8090% of reoffenders, there is low specificity, . wrongly accusing 4070% of nonreoffenders  Benefit: IDing highrisk individuals  Use: An initial risk indicator ranking a person as “Low”, “Medium”, or “High” risk for the purpose of initial assignment to a supervision group  Frequency: Since these factors do not change, one might only evaluate these initially and as warranted Stabledynamic factors  Stabledynamic factors are sets of semipermanent factors that treatment aims to correct. These systems are basically our values – . attitudes, cognitive distortions, and preferred coping skills – Mostly developed through fiat – Questionnaires and interviews Commonly assessed stabledynamic factors  Attitudes towards women (a) hostile masculinity (b) masculine role stress (c) attitudes towards women (d) traditional patriarchal beliefs (e) rape myth beliefs (f) societal norms (g) family norms  Personal/social adjustment (a) isolation (b) pathological deceitfulness (c) coping strategy / present stress (d) life/social functioning skills  Personality (a) psychopathy (b) impulsivity (c) emotional detachment (d) antisociality (e) freefloating aggression (f) controlling demeanor  Sexual belief / knowledge (a) experience (promiscuity, impersonal sex, sexual appropriateness beliefs), (b) fantasy (deviance or preoccupation), (c) sexual education, (d) functioning (pulsivity, fixation, preoccupation, physiological ability)  Intimacy belief / knowledge (a) perception of intimacy (b) dating script knowledge (c) interpretation of sexual cues (d) empathy Prediction based on stabledynamic factors  Problems: Not the most monly used marker of recidivism and due to the large variation among sex offender etiology, no universal set of dynamic risk factors  Benefits: The specificity and sensitivity are weaker than the stable factor structure’s, . about 5070% of real reoffenders and nonoffenders are identified  Use: As a pliment to original static assessment  Frequency: They should be reassessed periodically throughout treatment to indicate progress Acute changing factors  Acute changing variables are the constantly changing situations that make a person more inclined to act in a certain fashion. Although ‘triggers’ cannot be eliminated, the offender can learn how to recognize, avoid or cope with them. – . emotional states, intoxication, environments high in temptation, distressing events, etc. – Common in all forensic interviews – No specified list of acute changing factors, case by case assessment. Prediction based on acute changing factors  Problems: New method, no normative data exists  Benefits: In a Thornton study, offenders who attended treatment that focused on the “bad decision” that led to the crime as opposed to the sexual crime itself were less likely to reoffend  Use: In conjunction with the other batteries, this should be explored extensively asking for a description of all ‘bad decisions’ and used to guide treatment and forensic remendation of terms of sentence – Later in treatment, the clinician should bring these factors to the clients attention and help train the client to identify and get out of these risky situations  Frequency: Extensively initially and rechecked throughout treatment Important considerations Incorporating screening into your practice  Be sensitive to situations in which there seem to be signs of distress (extreme couple conflict, physical signs of abuse, history of domestic violence, drug/alcohol abuse, or violent propensity)  Have crisis and treatment information on hand.  Ask questions: “You won’t know if you don’t ask.”  Use precaution in the types of questions asked… know your clinical boundaries  Be ready to refer “Not another Inquisition”  Be reluctant to jump to conclusions… people devote careers to the assessment of sexual violence  An assessment instrument cannot definitively indicate that a。