Does the CPORT Predict Risk in a Scottish Population?

Table of Contents
Overview
Summary
Implications for Mitigation
Reference

Overview

A look at the data and results of an August 2022 study of 141 sexual offenders. The study further emphasizes the CPORT’s predictions of recidivism.

Summary

One of the frustrations for evaluators who conduct psychosexual evaluations and risk assessments for individuals charged with child pornography offenses is that there is no validated actuarial risk assessment measure for this population. For contact offenses, there are several, with the Static-99R being the most widely used. To combat this, Seto and colleagues created the CPORT. However, the proviso with the CPORT by the authors is that it both should not be use with more than 1 missing data point and, until it has been validated more widely, should not be used as a measure to predict recidivism.  

This study, published in August of 2022, sought to directly replicate the original CPORT validation study with a population of individuals from Scotland who were charged with offenses related to images of child sexual abuse.

The authors were able to use data for 141 individuals with a fixed follow up period to measure recidivism of 5 years.