Diagnostic Reliability and Sex Offender Civil Commitment Evaluations: A Reply to Wollert (2007)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2009
Abstract
A recent article by Richard Wollert (2007) purports to demonstrate that the diagnostic inter-rater reliability of sex offender civil commitment evaluations is not high enough to be worthy for courtroom testimony. That author relies on a series of analyses to support that argument. Unfortunately, those analyses were flawed in serious ways, raising doubt about the overall conclusions drawn. This article delineates Wollert's inaccurate assumptions, addresses methodological flaws, and offers an alternative interpretation regarding the accuracy of sexual offender civil commitment assessments.
Publication
Sex Offender Treatment
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
1-9
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
Levenson, J. S., & Doren, D. M. (2009). Diagnostic reliability and sex offender civil commitment evaluations: A reply to Wollert (2007). Sex Offender Treatment, 4(1), 1-9.
