Does the SAPROF-SO Predict Recidivism Risk?
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Overview
What level of accuracy does the SAPROF-SO provide for predicting recidivism as compared to other, validated assessments?
Summary
The Structured Assessment of Protective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO) is a 14-item instrument designed to evaluate protective factors across three core domains: Resilience, Adaptive Sexuality, and Prosocial Connection & Reward. The primary aims of the current study by Carr et al. (2025) were to build upon the initial validation of this instrument by:
1. Establishing the SAPROF-SO’s ability to predict success on supervised release in a high-risk sample of civilly committed men in the United States.
2. Examining its incremental predictive validity over and above the widely used Static-99R.
3. Determining the specific predictive utility of the individual SAPROF-SO subscales.
Method: The study sample consisted of 170 adult males
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