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  • Criminology
  • Forensic Psychology

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  • Dynamic risk and protective factors are crucial for understanding and managing sexual offending.
  • Previous reviews, like Mann et al. (2010), identified promising factors requiring further empirical validation.
  • The literature on dynamic factors has evolved, necessitating an updated synthesis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To provide an updated overview of empirical evidence for psychologically meaningful dynamic risk and protective factors for sexual offending.
  • To evaluate factors identified in prior reviews and identify new empirically supported factors.
  • To examine situational risk and protective factors in addition to individual-level factors.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of literature published since Mann et al. (2010).
  • Focus on meta-analyses, systematic reviews, scoping reviews, and evaluations of assessment tools.
  • Inclusion of studies from clinical, forensic, and community samples.

Main Results:

  • Hostility towards women and dysfunctional coping (hostile masculinity, emotional regulation deficits) are now empirically supported risk factors (≥3 studies, effect size ≥0.15).
  • No new risk factors were identified.
  • Positive social support is the only empirically supported protective factor identified in this review.

Conclusions:

  • Dynamic risk factors like hostility and dysfunctional coping are validated, informing interventions for sexual offending.
  • Positive social support represents a key protective factor, highlighting its importance in prevention and treatment.
  • Further research into situational factors may offer additional insights into managing sexual offending risk.