FAsTR LLC & SAARNA Inc, Ottawa, Canada.
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2024 Apr;26(4):142-150. doi: 10.1007/s11920-024-01493-5. Epub 2024 Feb 24.
Focusing on protective factors rather than risk factors potentially better aligns assessment with strengths-based treatment. We examine research into the assessment of protective factors to see whether it can play this role relative to sexual offending.
Structured asses sment of protective factors is well developed relative to violent offending but only recently studied relative to sexual offending. Nevertheless, multiple measures of protective factors have now been trialed with men who have committed sexual offenses and shown to predict reduced recidivism. Although research into individual scales is limited, overlapping content between scales suggests that protective factors aligning with constructs of Resilience, Adaptive Sexuality, and Prosocial Connection and Reward are all relevant to sexual offending. Protective factors relevant to sexual offending are sufficiently well identified that they can usefully be used for treatment need assessment, treatment planning during therapy, and case management. They can also make some contribution to risk assessment. The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO) is currently the most comprehensive measure of protective factors relevant to sexual offending.
关注保护因素而非风险因素可能更符合基于优势的治疗方法。我们研究了保护因素的评估，以探讨其相对于性犯罪是否能够发挥这一作用。
相对于暴力犯罪，保护因素的结构化评估已经得到了很好的发展，但相对于性犯罪，这方面的研究才刚刚开始。尽管现在已经对有过性犯罪的男性进行了多种保护因素的测试，并表明这些因素可以降低再犯罪率，但关于个别量表的研究仍然有限。但是，量表之间存在重叠的内容，这表明与韧性、适应性性、亲社会联系和奖励相关的保护因素与性犯罪都有关。与性犯罪相关的保护因素已经得到了充分的确认，因此它们可以用于治疗需求评估、治疗过程中的治疗计划和案例管理。它们也可以对风险评估做出一定的贡献。目前，针对性犯罪的保护因素结构化评估（SAPROF-SO）是评估与性犯罪相关的保护因素最全面的工具。
