A multisite comparison of actuarial risk instruments for sex offenders

Article Abstract:

Four actuarial instruments, the Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG), Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offender Recidivism (RRASOR), and Static 99 were examined for predicting violent and sexual reoffending. The survival analyses revealed the potential high risk of offenders high in both psychopathy and sexual deviance.

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Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire Profiles of veterans with traumatic combat exporsure: externalizing and internalizing subtypes

Article Abstract:

A study of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) for identifying personality-based subtypes of posttraumatic response is presented. Results revealed that heterogeneity in the expression of posttraumatic responses attributed to different dispositions of externalizing and internalizing subtypes.

Science & research, Research, Personality questionnaires

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