Risk Factors and Warning Signs to Re-offense (Hanson, 2000)
The following are a few of the risk factors and warning signs exhibited by sex offenders prior to committing a new sexual offense:
- The offender does not understand they are at risk.
- The offender has little or no support systems.
- The offender regards sex as an entitlement.
- The offender has access to potential victims.
- The offender is not compliant or cooperative with supervision or treatment.
- The offender is hostile and angry.
- The offender is using drugs or alcohol.
- The offender is persistently in denial and blames the victim for the crime. In the 2000 Hanson and Harris study, of 208 sex offenders who committed a new sex crime, the first three listed above were the top three risk factors shown in the month before the sex offenders committed a new offense.