Risk Tools Predict Recidivism for Men With Low Intellectual Ability and a History of Sexual Offending

Karl Hanson, Kelly M. Babchishin, Kelsey May, Benjamin Reid, Robin J. Wilson, Department of Psychology, Carleton University, The Society for the Advancement of Actuarial Risk Needs Assessment , Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University

Sexual Abuse

Published online on March 02, 2026

Abstract

Sexual Abuse, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 386-419, June 2026.
Standardized risk assessments are essential to evidence-based responses to criminal behaviour, including sexual offending. Since the 1990s, many actuarial and structured risk assessment instruments have been developed that are now routinely used in ...