... Prediction Sex offenders Criminogenic need Major mental illness How does major mental illness relate to sexual offending? How predictive are commonly used risk assessment tools when used with SOMMI? Is it possible to make individualized assessments of how major mental illness relates...

... suggest that the men express themselves in terms of need, however, primarily this is in terms of pro‐social needs, such as a need for forgiveness, rather than in terms of criminogenic need. The one theme identifiable as a criminogenic need is concerned with sexual needs and very little detail is provided...

...Simon Duff The concept of criminogenic need is widely used, both to understand offending behaviour and in the design of treatment programmes. However, it is recognised that criminogenic need may differ dependent upon the nature of the offending, the cultural context and the specific forensic...