Evaluación y predicción de la reincidencia en agresores sexuales argentinos: el svr20

In this article, there is a review of theories and knowledge about the etiology and risk factors of sex aggression, and also of international and Spanish research that supports this theoretical foundation. The main goal of this study is to introduce an instrument for risk assessment called SVR-20: Guide for sexual violence risk assessment. In order to validate this instrument, an exploratory study about the predictive accuracy of the SVR-20 has been carried out, using a sample of 42 incarcerated sex offenders from two Argentinian prisons. The main conclusion of this study is that SVR-20 is a good instrument to predict the risk of sexual recidivism