RT Article T1 Validity and Predictive Accuracy of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk in Criminal Forensic Evaluations: A Swiss Cross-Validation Retrospective Study JF Criminal justice and behavior VO 44 IS 4 SP 493 OP 510 A1 Abbiati, Milena A1 Azzola, Agathe A1 Gasser, Jacques 1956- A1 Azzola, Agathe A1 Moulin, Valerie A2 Azzola, Agathe A2 Gasser, Jacques 1956- A2 Azzola, Agathe A2 Moulin, Valerie LA English YR 2017 UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1700627287 AB Some actuarial and structured professional judgment (SPJ) risk-assessment instruments have already demonstrated their validity and predictive accuracy in expert criminal forensic evaluations. In contrast, little is known about the effectiveness of instruments identifying protective factors in risk of recidivism prediction. The present study was designed to evaluate the validity and predictive accuracy of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors for Violence Risk (SAPROF) in 94 violent and sexual violent offenders assessed in a Swiss pretrial criminal forensic context. The SAPROF showed good interrater reliability, and was significantly correlated to predominately dynamic instruments but not to predominately actuarial instruments. However, in terms of predictive accuracy, the SAPROF did not perform as well as expected when compared with other instruments and with previous SAPROF accuracy validation studies. These results have implications for the use of the SAPROF in criminal forensic contexts risk assessment. K1 Protective factors K1 Expert forensic practice K1 Risk assessment instruments K1 General recidivism K1 Sexual violent recidivism DO 10.1177/0093854816677565