This review provides an overview and update of empirical evidence for psychologically
meaningful dynamic risk factors and protective factors for sexual offending. Using the review …

This article considers factors that support or assist desistance from sexual offending in those
who have previously offended. Current risk assessment tools for sexual offending focus …

Mental health professionals are routinely called upon to assess the risk of violence
presented by their patients. Prior surveys of risk assessment methods have been largely …

Abstract The Structured Professional Judgment (SPJ) approach is an analytical method
used to understand and mitigate the risk for interpersonal violence posed by individual …

Indigenous peoples are overrepresented in correctional systems internationally, reflecting a
history of systemic racism and colonial oppression, and the practice of risk assessment with …

The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors for violence risk (SAPROF) has recently
been developed as a strengths-based addition to the assessment of risk for future violent …

This paper reviews the literature regarding the identification and measurement of risk factors
considered imminent precipitants of subsequent criminal conduct (ie dynamic risk factors) …

The complementary use of risk-and protective factors has been one of the major advances in
violence risk assessment in recent years. The present study investigates the value of this two …

Forensic psychiatry in Europe is a specialty primarily concerned with individuals who have
either offended or present a risk of doing so, and who also suffer from a psychiatric …

In this article, the Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors for violence risk (SAPROF), a
structured professional guideline for protective factors, is introduced and the incremental …