Use Of Dynamic Risk/Need Assessment Instruments Among Long-Term Incarcerated Offenders  

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Simourd, David J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Criminal Justice and Behavior vol. 31 no. 3 (Jun. 2005), page 306-323.
Topik: risk assessment; criminality; prediction; recidivism
Fulltext: 306.pdf (118.84KB)

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Dynamic risk/need assessment instruments are useful tools in the effective treatment and management of offenders. The Level of Service Inventory–Revised (LSI-R) is a dynamic risk/need assessment instrument that has been used extensively among a variety of offender samples. Although considerable research has shown that the instrument is valid and reliable, there is a lack of information on the predictive validity of the instrument among longer term offenders. In the current study the LSI-R was completed on a sample of 129 Canadian federally incarcerated offenders serving a mean sentence length of 5 years. Scores on the LSI-R were compared to various recidivism criteria during a 15-month follow-up period. Results indicated the instrument had acceptable reliability and predictive validity and distinguished recidivists from nonrecidivists. Results are discussed within the context of the assessment and treatment of longer term offenders

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