Evaluation of the SORAG and the Static-99 on Belgian sex offenders committed to a forensic facility

peer reviewed ; This study evaluated the convergent and predictive validity of the Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG; V L. Quinsey, G. T. Harris, M. E. Rice, & C. A. Cormier, 1998) and the Static-99 (R. K. Hanson & D. Thornton, 1999, 2000) among 147 male sex offenders committed to a high-security hospital in Belgium (Centre de Défense Sociale 'Les Marronniers'). Of the sample, 63.8% were child abusers (victims under 14 years of age), 24.6% were rapists (victims aged 14 years or more), and 11.5% were mixed-victim offenders (victims less than 14 years of age and victims aged 14 ye... Mehr ...