Reliability of Risk Assessment Measures Used in Sexually Violent Predator Proceedings

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Cailey S.; Kimonis, Eva R.; Otto, Randy K.; Kline, Suzonne M.; Wasserman, Adam L.
Titel	Reliability of Risk Assessment Measures Used in Sexually Violent Predator Proceedings
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 24 (2012) 4, S.944-953 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0028411
Schlagwörter	Evaluation Methods; Court Litigation; At Risk Persons; Violence; Crime; Criminals; Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Interrater Reliability; Psychopathology; Recidivism; Correlation; Test Reliability; Victims of Crime; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechtsstreit; Risikogruppe; Gewalt; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Straftäter; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexueller Missbrauch; Interrater-Reliabilität; Psychopathologie; Rückfall; Korrelation; Testreliabilität; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen
Abstract	The field interrater reliability of three assessment tools frequently used by mental health professionals when evaluating sex offenders' risk for reoffending--the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R), the Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool-Revised (MnSOST-R) and the Static-99--was examined within the context of sexually violent predator program proceedings. Rater agreement was highest for the Static-99 (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC[subscript 1] = 0.78) and lowest for the PCL-R (ICC[subscript 1] = 0.60; MnSOST-R ICC[subscript 1] = 0.74), although all instruments demonstrated lower field reliability than that reported in their test manuals. Findings raise concerns about the reliability of risk assessment tools that are used to inform judgments of risk in high-stake sexually violent predator proceedings. Implications for future research and suggestions for improving evaluator training to increase accuracy when informing legal decision making are discussed. (Contains 6 tables and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10