In this study, we developed a structured risk checklist, the Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT), to predict any sexual recidivism among adult male offenders with a conviction for child pornography offenses. We identified predictors of sexual recidivism using a 5-year fixed follow-up analysis from a police case file sample of 266 adult male child pornography offenders in the community ...

We present half field offense, a novel subtask of RoboCup simulated soccer, and pose it as a problem for reinforcement learning. In this task, an offense team attempts to outplay a defense team in order to shoot goals. Half field offense extends keepaway [11], a simpler subtask of RoboCup soccer in which one team must try to keep possession of the ball within a small rectangular region, and awa...

There is little empirical research examining the reasons behind multiple perpetrator sexual offending. A limited number of studies provide reasons for offending offered by perpetrators of this type of sexual violence, but only one published study exists where these perpetrators were interviewed regarding their offense. The Multi-Factorial Model of Multiple Perpetrator Sexual Offending (MPSO) pr...

Juvenile offenders have disproportionately high rates of psychiatric and substance use disorders relative to their nonoffending counterparts. Less is known about the impact of psychiatric and substance use disorders on repeat juvenile justice involvement among juveniles specifically referred for forensic mental health evaluations. We describe the demographic, psychiatric, and legal history back...

BACKGROUND In light of evidence showing reduced criminal recidivism and cost savings, adult drug treatment courts have grown in popularity. However, the potential spillover benefits to family members are understudied. OBJECTIVES To examine: (1) the overlap between parents who were convicted of a substance-related offense and their children's involvement with child protective services (CPS); a...

The main scope of the study is concerned with the morphological profiles of playing positions in defense, offense and the combinations of these two phases of the game. Furthermore, study attempted to identify the difference between the morphological profiles of the individual playing positions. Entity sample of the study consist of the 148 players that participated in 45 matches of the World Me...

The authors note that the relevance of article lies in fact results obtained by police process its use technical means and special devices course performing tasks assigned to it exercising powers defined law, particular, during implementation measures ensure proceedings administrative cases offences, can be used as evidence consideration a case on an offense clarifying issue guilt or innocence ...