2014/06/16 by Michiel De Vries Robbé, Michiel de Vries Robbé, Vivienne de Vogel +4 · 1 citation
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis #Personality Disorders and Psychopathology #Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
paper · doi:10.1037/lhb0000089
openalex publication_date 2014/06/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23
Empirical studies have rarely investigated the association between improvements on dynamic risk and protective factors for violence during forensic psychiatric treatment and reduced recidivism after discharge. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of treatment progress in risk and protective factors on violent recidivism. For a sample of 108 discharged forensic psychiatric patients pre- and posttreatment assessments of risk (HCR-20) and protective factors (SAPROF) were compared. Changes were related to violent recidivism at different follow-up times after discharge. Improvements on risk and protective factors during treatment showed good predictive validity for abstention from violence for short- (1 year) as well as long-term (11 years) follow-up. This study demonstrates the sensitivity of the HCR-20 and the SAPROF to change and shows improvements on dynamic risk and protective factors are associated with lower violent recidivism long after treatment.