# 20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.60: Section 1905.60 Risk Assessment

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## Section

- **Citation:** 20 Ill. Adm. Code 1905.60
- **Heading:** Section 1905.60 Risk Assessment
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 20 CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT / CHAPTER VII: SEX OFFENDER MANAGEMENT BOARD / Part 1905 ADULT SEX OFFENDER EVALUATION AND TREATMENT / Section 1905.60 Risk Assessment

## Text

Section 1905.60  Risk Assessment
Evaluators shall appreciate the
potential weight of general and sexual abuser-specific risk assessments across
various criminal justice-related and civil contests and the associated
implications (not only for community safety, but also for the potential impact
on the client's civil liberties) and the critical need to ensure reliable and
valid findings.
a)         Evaluators clarify the specific purpose for
conducting a risk assessment on a given client and the way in which that
information will be used, and articulate this in communications regarding the
findings.
b)         Evaluators conducting risk assessments on sexual
abusers are well versed in the contemporary research regarding static and
dynamic factors linked to recidivism among sexual abusers.  These variables fall
into the following categories:
1)         Criminal history (e.g., prior arrests, convictions);
2)         Victim-related variables (e.g., age, gender,
relationship);
3)         Sexual
deviancy (e.g., offense-related sexual arousal, interests and/or preferences;
sexual preoccupation);
4)         Antisocial
orientation (e.g., criminal attitudes, values and behaviors; lifestyle
instability);
5)         Intimacy
and relationship deficits (e.g., problems with intimacy, unstable
relationships, conflictual intimate relationships, deficits in social support
and interaction); and
6)         Self-regulation
difficulties (e.g., hostility, substance abuse, impulsivity, access to
victims).
c)         Evaluators conducting risk assessments of sexual
abusers use empirically supported instruments and methods (i.e., validated
actuarial risk assessment tools and structured, empirically guided risk
assessment protocols) over unstructured clinical judgment.
d)         Evaluators conducting risk assessments of sexual
abusers are appropriately trained in scoring, interpreting effectively and
accurately reporting, and applying the findings of the risk assessment
instruments/protocols employed
nd methods (i.e., validated
actuarial risk assessment tools and structured, empirically guided risk
assessment protocols) over unstructured clinical judgment.
d)         Evaluators conducting risk assessments of sexual
abusers are appropriately trained in scoring, interpreting effectively and
accurately reporting, and applying the findings of the risk assessment
instruments/protocols employed.
e)         Evaluators recognize the potential for both
sexual and nonsexual recidivism among sexual abusers and clarify the type of
recidivism risk assessed in the report or other statements of findings.
f)         Evaluators are aware of the relative strengths
and limitations of the risk assessment measures/methods employed, reference
these issues when communicating risk assessment findings, and ensure that
statements about the findings remain within the scope/capability of these
measures (e.g., refraining from making absolute judgements about whether a
given sexual abuser will or will not recidivate).
g)         Evaluators ensure that any communications about
a given client's recidivism risk are based on current and reliable assessment
data about that person.
h)         Evaluators appreciate that recidivism risk is
not static and may change as a result of interventions, client actions or other
circumstances and, therefore, evaluators conducting risk assessments employ
research-supported methods of assessing dynamic risk factors as warranted over
time.

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