Specifications include, but are not limited to: . Protective and Risk factors for adolescents and emerging adults who have sexually offended by completing a risk assessment called the PROFESOR (Protective Risk Observation for Eliminating Sexual Offence Recidivism). This tool is not designed for the purpose of predicting the risk of future offending. Youth are placed in a category based on the number of their risk/protective factors OR by completing a comparable risk assessment as approved by the Association for the Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Abuse (ATSA). 2. Recommended types and intensity of interventions that will be most beneficial, including level of care (e.g., community versus more secure placement); 3. The specific dynamic risk factors or criminogenic needs to be targeted through interventions; 4. Amenability to interventions; 5. Responsivity factors that may impact engagement in and response to interventions; and 6. Strengths and protective factors relative to the youth, as well as those that exist within family, peer, and other community support systems.
