A Validation Study of the Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT). (June 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Eke, Angela W.; Helmus, L. Maaike; Seto, Michael C.
• Is Part Of: Sexual abuse. Volume 31:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 456
• Page End: 476
• Publication Date: 2019-06
• Subjects: risk assessment -- child pornography -- child sexual exploitation material -- validation study -- CPORT; Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Sex offenders -- Psychology -- Periodicals; 616.8583
• DOI: 10.1177/1079063218762434
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1079-0632

Abstract

The Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT) is a seven-item structured tool to assess the likelihood of future sexual offending over a 5-year fixed follow-up. The current study examined 5-year fixed follow-up data (15% any new sexual offense, 9% any new child pornography offense) for a validation sample of 80 men convicted of child pornography offense(s). Although statistical power was low, results were comparable with the development sample: The CPORT had slightly lower predictive accuracy for sexual recidivism for the overall group (area under the curve [AUC] = .70 vs. .74), but these values were not significantly different. Combining the development and validation samples, the CPORT predicted any sexual recidivism (AUC = .72) and child pornography recidivism specifically (AUC = .74), with similar accuracies. CPORT was also significantly predictive of these outcomes for the child pornography offenders with no known contact offenses. Strengths and weaknesses of incorporating CPORT into applied risk assessments are discussed.