Der Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG)

Zusammenfassung

In Nordamerika gilt die Verwendung aktuarischer Instrumente zur Schätzung des Rückfallrisikos bei Straftätern als „state of the art”. Eines dieser Instrumente ist der „Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide” (SORAG), der spezifisch für die Anwendung bei Sexualstraftätern entwickelt worden ist. Vorliegende Arbeit fasst die aktuelle Literatur zur Validität des Instrumentes unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Validität im deutschen Sprachraum zusammen. Resümierend kann gesagt werden, dass der SORAG eine gute Trennschärfe aufweist. Einschränkend ist darauf hinzuweisen, dass diese nicht bei allen Gruppen von Sexualstraftätern gleich gut ist. Insbesondere in der Subpopulation der Straftäter, die sexuelle Handlungen an Kindern verübt haben, ist die Trennschärfe des SORAG als sehr gut einzuschätzen. Im Rahmen vorliegender Arbeit wird ferner eine von den Autoren des SORAG autorisierte deutsche Übersetzung des SORAG vorgelegt.

Abstract

In North America, the use of actuarial instruments is considered to be state of the art in the assessment of offender recidivism risk. One of these instruments is the ”Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide” (SORAG), which was developed specifically for the use in sex offender risk assessment. The present review investigates the current state of knowledge regarding the instrument’s validity specifically for its use in German-speaking countries. Overall the results speak for the instrument’s good discriminatory power. However, this is not true to the same degree for all types of sex offender populations. The discriminatory power is especially good in the subpopulation of child molesters. Part of the present review is a German translation of the instrument authorised by the developers of the SORAG.

Schlüsselwörter

SORAG - deutsche Übersetzung - Rückfallrisiko - Validität

Keywords

SORAG - German translation - recidivism risk - validity

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