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The development of the Sex Offender Psychometric Scoring System (SOPSSys) for use in the Probation Service

Rebecca Mandeville-Norden

National Probation Directorate, Devon and Cornwall Probation Area and University of Birmingham, Rebecca.Mandeville-Norden{at}devon-cornwall.probation.gsx.gov.uk

Anthony Beech

University of Birmingham, a.r.beech{at}bham.ac.uk

David Middleton

National Probation Directorate, David.Middleton2{at}homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Within the probation service for England and Wales, a number of psychometric assessments are typically administered to offenders who attend structured group-based interventions. These assessments help to measure the offenders’ progress in treatment. The assessments that are used with the sex offender treatment programmes can also help to determine the offenders’ level of treatment need, and consequently the length of treatment that would be appropriate. The time taken to manually score these assessments is therefore significant, and consequently highly resource intensive. The current article describes a computer-based scoring system that has been developed to make this process quicker and more efficient. The processes and considerations involved in designing the system are discussed, as are the benefits and the implications of using it.

Key Words: computer automated scoring • probation • psychometrics • sex offenders • treatment

Probation Journal, Vol. 53, No. 1, 71-76 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0264550506060870
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