Howard M
Assessment of a person’s risk of sexual reoffending arguably has an established gold standard, in the form of the Static-99R. However, there continue to be challenges to routine use of this measure in local correctional settings, including resource demands and limited validation with Australian samples. Corrective Services NSW has recently undertaken a program of research which aimed to inform development of an automated risk assessment tool to support management of adult males who have been convicted of sexual offences. This presentation outlines the results of this research, including a large scale (n = 4068) validation of the Static-99R for Indigenous and non-Indigenous adults in NSW, in addition to development and performance testing of multiple models that rapidly derive risk estimates from existing archival data. Issues and future directions relating to application of automated risk assessments in operational and legal settings will be discussed.