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- Title
Recidivism base rates, predictions of sex offender recidivism, and the “sexual predator” commitment laws.
- Authors
Doren, Dennis M.
- Abstract
Predictions of future sexual offending have been mandated by various “Sexual Predator” commitment laws, despite historical arguments that clinicians are frequently inaccurate and over-predict violence. The basis for those arguments has been the perspective that sexual recidivism is a relatively rare event. Research is reviewed, however, with the finding that sexual recidivism for certain offenders is a rather common occurrence when the definition of recidivism is in keeping with the sex offender commitment laws. This finding is used to demonstrate that under-, rather than over-prediction of the designated violence is necessarily today's practice. Practical and ethical implications are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
RECIDIVISM; SEX offenders; COMMITMENT (Psychology); CRIMINAL procedure; VIOLENCE; SOCIAL psychology
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 1998, Vol 16, Issue 1, p97
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199824)16:1<97::AID-BSL295>3.0.CO;2-K