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  • Traditional risk factor assessment for sexual offending has limitations.
  • Strengths-based approaches, focusing on protective factors, offer a promising alternative.
  • Protective factor assessment is well-established for violent offending but emerging for sexual offending.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the research on assessing protective factors in the context of sexual offending.
  • To determine if protective factors can support strengths-based treatment for sexual offenders.
  • To evaluate the utility of protective factor assessment in treatment and risk management.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing research on protective factor assessment tools.
  • Analysis of studies trialed with men who have committed sexual offenses.
  • Identification of common constructs across different protective factor measures.

Main Results:

  • Multiple protective factor measures have been trialed with sexual offenders, predicting reduced recidivism.
  • Key relevant protective factors include Resilience, Adaptive Sexuality, and Prosocial Connection and Reward.
  • The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO) is a comprehensive measure.

Conclusions:

  • Protective factors are well-identified and relevant for sexual offending.
  • Assessment of protective factors can inform treatment needs, planning, and case management.
  • Protective factor assessment can contribute to overall risk assessment.