title: A comparative study of two groups of sex offenders identified as high and low risk on the static-99.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify possible differences between high- and low-risk sex offenders. The subjects included 285 sex offenders on probation. They were evaluated with the Static-99, Abel Assessment, Raven's, and MMPI-2. A criminal history review identified the number of prior offenses and the age/sex category in the index offense. The high- and low-risk groups were compared on 26 variables: intelligence, age, criminal history, denial patterns, measured sexual interest in children, admission of sexual interests, a childhood history of sexual abuse, victim's age, and personality variables. Four variables significantly accounted for 64% of the variance: age, prior number of felonies, the Cognitive Distortion Score, and the MMPI-2 Infrequency scale score.
authors.affiliation: raycoxe@aol.com
authors.forename: Ray
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coxe
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010378:Pedophilia / Q000523:psychology*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors