Historical factors consistently outweighed dynamic and protective factors, but risk assessments for older adults need to be rebalanced.
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How to Predict Repeat Sexual Offending Through a Protective Lens
There are many evidence-based risk assessment tools that help mental health professionals predict whether a person will sexually reoffend. However, these tools typically take a negative, biased, and demotivating approach. With therapy increasingly adopting a strengths-based approach, Dr. Gwenda M. Willis was searching for an assessment tool that aligned with her strengths-based approach to therapy.
Enter the Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending or SAPROF-SO.
Read moreExamination of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk – Youth Version (SAPROF-YV) in Canadian Adolescents
The Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk – Youth Version (SAPROF-YV) is a new measure of protective factors. It is used with a risk-focused tool, such as the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY), to provide a more balanced and comprehensive assessment of violence risk in adolescents. Our study investigated the relationship between the SAPROF-YV and aggression in a sample of 69 adolescents. Using a retrospective follow-up study design, we reviewed files at an inpatient treatment centre and a probation office. The SAPROF-YV showed good convergent and discriminant validity with the SAVRY. The SAPROF-YV was predictive of the absence of minor verbal aggression. While the SAPROF-YV added incremental predictive validity to SAVRY Protective factors for minor verbal aggression, it did not add incrementally to SAVRY Risk factors in the prediction of any type of aggression. We discuss implications for future research and clinical applications.
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