Welcome to MIDSA

I find the MIDSA a very valuable tool to gather comprehensive data for a Psychosexual Assessment and Psychosexual Risk Assessments. It is incredibly thorough and consistent with the research whereby people are more likely to be honest when answering questions on a computer program than when interviewed face-to-face. The MIDSA provides me with a broad range of information about many aspects of the client’s sexual development and their current sexual desires and behavior.

We have found the MIDSA to be an excellent tool in assessing our population and identifying dynamic risk factors, facilitating the development of treatment plans for our clients. It is easy to use and very comprehensive. We like the immediate results and the added bonus of a built-in risk assessment. The team is always responsive to our needs. We look forward to continued partnership with them.

Raymond and Judy Sims-Knight have distilled four decades of empirical research, much of it their own, into a state-of-the-science, computerized, self-report questionnaire, MIDSA. The instrument includes two comparison groups, one an adult male, non-offending sample, the other an incarcerated sexual offender group. It is one of five instruments that comprise my test battery, given to subjects who have been charged with or convicted of a sexual crime. The benefits are nearly too numerous to mention. Suffice to state that the information gleaned from the test helps to appraise the risk of a particular offender, as well as to identify targets for treatment intervention. Nearly every construct of significance in the field of sexual deviance is assayed by the test, and I am extremely grateful to them for their work. I can recommend MIDSA to other professionals, unreservedly.

The MIDSA is one of the best testing batteries one can use for assessment of adolescent and adult males who have committed sexual offenses.  Its scales have been meticulously developed, with numerous validation and cross-validation samples, using state of the art psychometric methods.  It covers most of the issues that one would want for determining treatment needs and making other management decisions.  While it suffers from the same limitations of any self-report battery, the validity scales and procedures built into the administration software provide unique insights into dishonest presentations.  I’ve used many of the MIDSA scales in my research and have administered these scales using the MIDSA administration software.  In addition to the quality of the MIDSA, I’ve found Dr. Knight to be a joy to work with.

I have been using the MIDSA for research and clinical purposes for several years. It is by far the most comprehensive tool, which provides a wealth of information that is essential in my efforts toward case conceptualization, the assessment of risk/need, and treatment planning.