The Adolescent Sexual Abuser Project (ASAP) Assessment Measures—Dutch Revised Version: A comparison of personality characteristics between juvenile sex offenders, juvenile perpetrators of non-sexual violent offences and non-delinquent youth in the Netherlands

Ron van Outsem, Richard Beckett, Ruud Bullens, Robert Vermeiren, Joan van Horn, Theo Doreleijers
2006 Journal of Sexual Aggression  
In this paper, the Adolescent Sexual Abuser Project (ASAP) assessment pack *Dutch Revised Version (ASAP-D) is presented. The ASAP-D is an assessment instrument which measures the personality characteristics that are generally considered relevant in the literature for the development and perpetuation of sexually abusive behaviour in juveniles. After a description of the measures that comprise the instrument, its basic psychometric qualities are presented. In addition, the personality
more » ... ics as measured by the ASAP-D are compared between a group of juvenile sex offenders, a group of juvenile perpetrators of non-sexual violent offences and a representative sample of non-delinquent youth. The results of this comparison are discussed.
doi:10.1080/13552600600858304 fatcat:kged4ph635fmznlqwvgvx6goui