Rater (dis)agreement on risk assessment measures in sexually violent predator proceedings: Evidence of adversarial allegiance in forensic evaluation?

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Murrie ◽  
Marcus T. Boccaccini ◽  
Darrel B. Turner ◽  
Meredith Meeks ◽  
Carol Woods ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Forensic Evaluation ◽  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Assessment Measures

Reliability of risk assessment measures used in sexually violent predator proceedings.

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 944-953 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cailey S. Miller ◽  
Eva R. Kimonis ◽  
Randy K. Otto ◽  
Suzonne M. Kline ◽  
Adam L. Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Assessment Measures

Constituting the ‘sexually violent predator’: Law, forensic psychology, and the adjudication of risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Vogler
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Forensic Psychology ◽  
Distinct Type ◽  
Assessment Practices ◽  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Criminological Research ◽  
Actuarial Risk Assessment ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Actuarial Risk ◽  
Static Risk

Considerable socio-legal scholarship demonstrates law’s constitutive power, and much criminological research has considered the effects of actuarial risk assessment. However, these strands have rarely been brought together to consider how legal risk assessment practices constitute sexual subjects. This article argues that law and forensic psychology co-constitute the category of the ‘sexually violent predator’ (SVP) as a distinct type of person through the use of psychiatric diagnosis and actuarial risk assessment. Contrary to dominant views of actuarialism as de-individualizing, this article asserts that SVP proceedings are centrally concerned with individualized intervention, yet such proceedings continue to produce static risk subjects rather than the dynamic subjects identified in recent research on actuarial practices. It is argued that this stems from entrenched cultural views of sexuality as a fixed essence inherent in individuals. The risk assemblage in SVP proceedings therefore presents a unique theoretical case that does not clearly fit prevailing accounts of actuarialism.

The Evaluation of Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-224
Author(s):  
William T. O’Donohue ◽  
Olga Cirlugea ◽  
Catalina Vechiu
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Sexually Violent

scholarly journals Evaluating Selection for Sexually Violent Predator Commitment: A Comparison of Those Committed, Not Committed, and Nearly Committed

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Perillo ◽  
Cynthia Calkins ◽  
Elizabeth Jeglic
Keyword(s):  
Risk Scores ◽  
Sexual Recidivism ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Recidivism Rates ◽  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Sexual Offenses ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Historical Factors ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Selection For

We examined state-wide data of persons evaluated for Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) commitment and compared risk-relevant data of three groups: those committed as SVPs ( n = 374), those not recommended for commitment ( n = 2,707), and those nearly committed (recommended for commitment but ultimately not committed; n = 117). Consistent with legal language for SVP commitment, binary and multinomial regression analyses revealed risk scores predicted SVP commitment recommendations in addition to some historical factors (e.g., psychiatric history, never being married, prior sex offenses). For those recommended for commitment, prior sexual offenses predicted ultimate commitment. Those nearly committed had significantly higher sexual recidivism rates than others who were not committed; however, these recidivism rates were still low (11.5%). Findings suggest evaluators’ SVP decisions incorporate risk data and follow empirically supported trends; however, the observed recidivism rates of a subset of those SVP commitment appears to target suggests SVP commitment’s potential for reducing sexual recidivism effectively and efficiently appears to have a low ceiling.

Risk communication in sexually violent predator hearings

2009 ◽  
pp. n/a-n/a
Author(s):  
Sarah Scott ◽  
Brett Gilcrist ◽  
Nicole Thurston ◽  
Matthew T. Huss
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Sexually Violent Predator ◽  
Sexually Violent

Brief and Emerging Violence Risk Assessment Measures

2020 ◽  
pp. 52-69
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Shaffer ◽  
Erin K. Fuller ◽  
Laura S. Guy
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Violence Risk ◽  
Violence Risk Assessment ◽  
Assessment Measures
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