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When a violent sex offender has been tried and convicted of his crimes, he may be proffered to a mental health facility of some variable nature for assessment and treatment. The mission statements and treatment goals of North American facilities vary widely. However, due to the fact that bedspace and funds are finite, all such institutions are compelled to make reviews and evaluations of patients for release back into society. All institutions treating violent sex offenders will eventually release a percentage of their sex offender population. Therefore all such institutions invariably tender themselves to the considerations of sex offender dangerousness. Definitions vary widely. The operant definition of dangerousness in this work will be: the likelihood that the sex offender will recidivate.When a deciding body releases a convicted violent sex offender from a mental health institute back into society, it has potentially put the wolf back into the sheep pen. The reality is that the sex offender could do it again, possibly escalating. That is precisely why good tools for dangerousness assessment are necessary.

 

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