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Factorial analysis of risk matrix 2000 on an Italian sample of sexual offenders |
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| Authors: | MF Garombo S Salvadori A Contarino N Castellino S Molinaro P Garofano |
| Institution: | 1. Italian Association of Sexual Psychopathology (S.I.S.P.Se o.n.l.u.s.), c. Galileo Ferraris, 109–10129 Turin, Italymaura.garombo@gmail.com;3. Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, V. Moruzzi 1–56124, Pisa, Italy;4. Italian Association of Sexual Psychopathology (S.I.S.P.Se o.n.l.u.s.), c. Galileo Ferraris, 109–10129 Turin, Italy;5. Carlo Molo on.l.u.s. Foundation, V. della Rocca 24 bis – 10123, Turin, Italy |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACTIn order to assess the internal structure of Risk Matrix 2000 in an Italian sample of 308 adult males convicted for sex abuse, a principal component analysis with Promax rotation was performed. The results identified a structure with three factors that explained 53.8% of the total variance: the first factor concerned items referred to the criminal career of the offender; the second factor concerned the age of onset in committing crimes; the third factor was more strictly related to the offenders' attitude towards the sex crime/s, and reflects the aggravating items of the S scale. These results allows us to have the first validated tool on an Italian sample for assessing the level of risk for recidivism. |
| Keywords: | Risk assessment actuarial risk tools factorial analysis sexual risk recidivism sexual offender validation |