caa a22 4500 606230882 CHVBK 20210128101217.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0333-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0333-z Relationships Between Denial, Risk, and Recidivism in Sexual Offenders [Elektronische Daten] [Leigh Harkins, Philip Howard, Georgia Barnett, Helen Wakeling, Cerys Miles] The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between denial, static risk, and sexual recidivism for offenders with different types of current sexual offense. Denial was defined as failure to accept responsibility for the current offense and was assessed using the Offender Assessment System. Static risk level (measured using a revised version of the Risk Matrix 2000) was examined as a moderator in the relationship between denial and sexual and violent recidivism. In the full sample (N=6,891), lower levels of sexual recidivism were found for those who denied responsibility for their offense, independent of static risk in a Cox regression analysis. Higher levels of violent recidivism among those denying responsibility were not significant after controlling for static risk using Cox regression. For specific offender types, denial of responsibility was not significantly associated with sexual or violent recidivism. In conclusion, the presumption that denial represents increased risk, which is common in much of the decision making surrounding sex offenders, should be reconsidered. Instead, important decisions regarding sentencing, treatment, and release decisions should be based on empirically supported factors. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2014 Denial nationallicence Risk nationallicence Offender type nationallicence Sex offenders nationallicence Harkins Leigh University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe St. North, L1H 7K4, Oshawa, ON, Canada aut Howard Philip Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK aut Barnett Georgia National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice, London, UK aut Wakeling Helen Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK aut Miles Cerys National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice, London, UK aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/1(2015-01-01), 157-166 0004-0002 44:1<157 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0333-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0333-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Harkins Leigh University of Ontario Institute of Technology, 2000 Simcoe St. North, L1H 7K4, Oshawa, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Howard Philip Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barnett Georgia National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wakeling Helen Centre for Forensic and Criminological Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Miles Cerys National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/1(2015-01-01), 157-166 0004-0002 44:1<157 2015 44 10508