title: An Evaluation of the Reliability, Construct Validity, and Factor Structure of the Static-2002R.
abstract: The fundamental psychometric properties of the subscales found in the Static-2002R, an actuarial measure of sexual recidivism risk, were evaluated in the current study. Namely, the reliability, concurrent and construct validity, and factor structure of the Static-2002R subscales were examined with a sample of 372 adult male sex offenders. In addition to using validated measures of sexual violence risk to examine concurrent validity, construct-related measures taken from extant risk measures and psychometric tests were correlated with three of the subscales to assess overall construct validity. Moderate support was found for the reliability of the Static-2002R. The concurrent and construct validity of the General Criminality, Persistence of Sexual Offending, and Deviant Sexual Interest subscales were supported. Generally, these findings further support the Static-2002R as a valid sex offender risk appraisal instrument that encompasses multiple distinct, clinically relevant, risk domains.
authors.affiliation: 1 MacEwan University, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: 2 Integrated Threat and Risk Assessment Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Liam
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ennis
authors.affiliation: 3 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Chantal A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.affiliation: 3 Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Anna T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.affiliation: 4 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.|5 Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Alberto L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Choy
authors.affiliation: 6 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corabian
authors.affiliation: 5 Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Tarah
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hook
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D000075665:Recidivism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012742:Sex Offenses; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Static-2002R; construct validity; reliability; risk assessment; sex offenders