Actuarial risk assessment tools are used extensively to predict future violence, but previous
studies comparing their predictive accuracies have produced inconsistent findings as a …

The identification of factors that contribute to reabuse in cases of intimate partner violence is
a critical research aim in a variety of disciplines. Such information would have relevance in …

An actuarial assessment to predict male-to-female marital violence was constructed from a
pool of potential predictors in a sample of 589 offenders identified in police records and …

The field of intimate partner violence (IPV) risk assessment (predicting recidivism, lethality) is
fast growing, and the majority of research examining the predictive validity of IPV risk …

Abstract The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) was developed in the early 1990s, and
approximately 60 replications around the world have shown its utility for the appraisal of …

we (1) provide a synthesis and interpretation of criminal recidivism prediction research,
focusing on recent meta-analytic studies and the impact of methodological and …

Attrition from domestic violence treatment programs is of concern to correctional treatment
providers because batterers who do not complete treatment are at higher risk for recidivism …

An actuarial tool, the Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment (ODARA), predicts
recidivism using only variables readily obtained by frontline police officers. Correctional …

The likelihood that child pornography offenders will later commit a contact sexual offense is
unknown. In the present study, we identified a sample of 201 adult male child pornography …

Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only" how to" book describing the complete sex
offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at hel** practitioners, clinicians, counselors …