Overview

How does denial affect recidivism and are there links between incest and non-incest offenders?

Summary

There are a number of studies that indicate that there is no reliable relationship between denial in sexual offenders and their rate of recidivism.  Some studies have found nuanced links between certain types of offenders and certain types of denial.  

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Overview

The implications of race and utilizing the Static-99R for assessing risk in sentencing.

Summary

It has long been known that individuals who commit sexual crimes are heterogenous, meaning that there are many differences among them. This fact makes it difficult to make broad and sweeping generalizations about sexual offenders. One aspect of this heterogeneity is race.

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Overview

What data is available to assess and determine the likelihood of a female sexual offender being arrested, charged, convicted, or incarcerated after her initial conviction?

Summary

Key to the assessment of any offender, particularly sexual offenders, are recidivism rates.  One main issue when it comes to assessing the recidivism of female sexual offenders is that there are currently no reliable and validated actuarial risk assessment measures that can be used on women who commit sex crimes.

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Overview

Data driven look at 5-year and newly available 10-year data points on recidivism using the Static-99R. Covers both contact and non-contact sexual offenders.

Summary

The Static-99R is an actuarial based method to estimate risk of recidivism for individuals who have been charged and or convicted of certain types of sexual crimes. 

The recidivism rates were last updated in 2016.  At that time, there was only enough data to reliably estimate 5-year recidivism rates. The authors were unable to provide enough data to make reliable 10-year recidivism estimates. 

Static-99R: The Study

The current study, published in 2021, fills the gap, providing 10-year estimates as well as updating the 5-year estimates based on the most up to date data. 

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Overview

Evaluating a study that shows sex offender risk of recidivism for 7,225 individuals post release for up to 25 years and how it relates to sentence mitigation, aggravation, and public policy.

Summary

In 2018 Hanson, Harris, Letourneau, Helmus and Thornton published an article in Psychology, Public Policy and Law that sought to empirically address the assumption made both by the public and policy makers that a person convicted of a sexual offense remains a high risk to the community over time. 

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Overview

How do antisociality and paraphilia affect the motivations of Black American versus White American sexual offenders? The motivations for sexual offending.

Summary

There is a vast array of research pointing to the fact that sexual offenders are a heterogenous group and that it is difficult to generalize across offense types and populations. Despite the vast amount of research on sexual offenders, there is a lack of scientific studies that look at potential differences in offender characteristics related to race or ethnicity. This study sought to address this lack of knowledge by investigating any potential differences between white and black men who have committed sexual offenses.

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