Assessing risk of reoffending in adolescents who have committed a sexual offense: the accuracy of clinical judgments after completion of risk assessment instruments

Elkovitch, Natasha; Viljoen, Jodi L.; Scalora, Mario J.; Ullman, Daniel

doi:10.1002/bsl.832

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“…Our results converge with studies that report histories of familial dysfunction in sexual contact offenders (Letourneau et al, 2009;Ryan, Miyoshi, Metzner, Krugman, & Fryer, 1996). Furthermore, our findings converge with the literature on adult pornography possessors and indicate that juvenile possessors of child pornography seem to be a distinct offender group who differ with regard to social background and nationality from contact offenders (Elkovitch, Viljoen, Scalora, & Ullman, 2008;Wolak, et al, 2011) Both prior and subsequent offending were found less frequently in juvenile possessors of child pornography compared to contact offenders against peers/adults. Whereas delinquent behaviors and antisocial attitudes play a major role in juveniles who were convicted for sexual contact offenses (Aebi, Vogt, et al, 2011;Butler & Seto, 2002), these factors seems to be less important in juvenile possessors of child pornography.…”

Section: Comparing Juvenile Possessors Of Child Pornography To Contacsupporting

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Criminal History and Future Offending of Juveniles Convicted of the Possession of Child Pornography

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Most child pornography is distributed online. It is estimated that 3% to 15% of child pornography consumers are juveniles. The present study analyzed a consecutive sample of 54 male juveniles convicted of the possession of child pornography. Demographic characteristics, criminal history, and subsequent offending were assessed from criminal files and official reports. Juvenile possessors of child pornography were compared to three different groups of juveniles: Juvenile possessors of other illegal pornography (n = 42), juveniles who committed a sexual contact offense against a child (n = 64), and juveniles who committed a sexual contact offense against a peer or adult (n = 104). Juvenile possessors of child pornography were found to have downloaded the illegal material more frequently and over a longer time period than juvenile possessors of other illegal pornography. Furthermore, juvenile possessors of child pornography differed from juveniles who had committed a sexual contact offense in terms of demographics and showed fewer previous and subsequent offending than juveniles who sexually offended against a peer or adult. We conclude that juvenile possessors of child pornography need a specific target intervention focusing on dysfunctional Internet use and sexually deviant arousal.

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Criminal History and Future Offending of Juveniles Convicted of the Possession of Child Pornography

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“…For example, Elkovitch, Viljoen, Scalora, and Ullman (2008) reported that scores on the JSOAP-II were unrelated to sexual recidivism in a sample of 166 male adolescents residing in a sex offender treatment facility. Not surprisingly, clinical judgment was also unrelated to accurate predictions of recidivism (see also Viljoen et al, 2008b).…”

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Assessing risk in adolescent sexual offenders: recommendations for clinical practice

Vitacco

Caldwell

Ryba

et al. 2009

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Accurately predicting the likelihood that an adolescent with a sex offense history will reoffend is a precarious task that carries with it the potential for extreme consequences for the adolescent offender (e.g., lifelong public registration). Recently implemented laws regarding adolescent sex offenders are dramatically upstream of current knowledge. Several of these laws were ostensibly based on the misassumption that clinicians could accurately identify adolescents at the greatest risk for sexual recidivism. However, predicting which adolescents are at greatest risk to sexually recidivate is severely constrained by limited knowledge about which predictors are most accurately linked to sexual recidivism and uncertainty over how to best make use of instruments designed to predict recidivism. This paper reviews research on risk assessment and provides a set of recommendations for conducting risk assessments with adolescent sex offenders.

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“…Furthermore, a modified scale comprising eight of nine items from the Impulsive/Antisocial Behavior scale predicted general recidivism ( Waite et al, 2005 ). However, Elkovitch et al (2008) found that the J-SOAP-II did not predict the sexual and nonsexual recidivism when structured clinical judgments of “low,” “moderate,” or “high” risk were used.…”

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Assessing Youth Who Sexually Offended

Chu

Fong

et al. 2011

Sex Abuse

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Recent research suggested that the predictive validity of adult sexual offender risk assessment measures can be affected when used cross-culturally, but there is no published study on the predictive validity of risk assessment measures for youth who sexually offended in a non-Western context. This study compared the predictive validity of three youth risk assessment measures (i.e., the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism [ERASOR], the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol-II [J-SOAP-II], and the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory [YLS/CMI]) for sexual and nonviolent recidivism in a sample of 104 male youth who sexually offended within a Singaporean context (Mfollow-up = 1,637 days; SD follow-up = 491). Results showed that the ERASOR overall clinical rating and total score significantly predicted sexual recidivism but only the former significantly predicted time to sexual reoffense. All of the measures (i.e., the ERASOR overall clinical rating and total score, the J-SOAP-II total score, as well as the YLS/CMI) significantly predicted nonsexual recidivism and time to nonsexual reoffense for this sample of youth who sexually offended. Overall, the results suggest that the ERASOR appears to be suited for assessing youth who sexually offended in a non-Western context, but the J-SOAP-II and the YLS/CMI have limited utility for such a purpose.

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Assessing risk of reoffending in adolescents who have committed a sexual offense: the accuracy of clinical judgments after completion of risk assessment instruments

Cited by 36 publications

References 45 publications

Criminal History and Future Offending of Juveniles Convicted of the Possession of Child Pornography

Criminal History and Future Offending of Juveniles Convicted of the Possession of Child Pornography

Assessing risk in adolescent sexual offenders: recommendations for clinical practice

Assessing Youth Who Sexually Offended

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