Dynamic risk factors are the children of risk prediction. They were
identified to help practitioners assess risk of recidivism and to set
treatment targets likely to reduce reoffending. This resulted in the
development of intervention programs designed to modify the
characteristics of individuals and their environments associated with
crime. The predictive nature of their legacy lies in their ability to
provide reliable information about the likelihood of future
reoffending. In this respect, dynamic risk factors are useful
complements to static risk factors such as age, gender, and history of
offending, and add incremental validity to recidivism prediction.
Their treatment utility resides in the fact that practitioners
increasingly rely on the identification of dynamic risk factors to
direct correctional assessment and interventions. Thus, dynamic risk
factors have a dual status. They are both useful predictors of
reoffending and measures of risk status, and potential causes of
reoffending, capable of serving an explanatory role as well as a
predictive one. It is a simple and powerful conceptualization that has
streamlined forensic and correctional research, program development,
and the delivery of treatment. Despite its conceptual elegance we
believe that the dual conceptualization of dynamic risk factors is
problematic and these difficulties spill over into their role in
assessment, assessment, treatment, and desistance contexts. In this
publication, the nature and function of dynamic risk factors are
investigated and their strengths and limitations identified. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Psychology, Crime and
Law.
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ISBN
9781351968928
Publisert
2018
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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