TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing risk of recidivism among juvenile offenders
T2 - the development and validation of the recidivism risk instrument
AU - Williams, Lela
AU - Lecroy, Craig
AU - Vivian, John P.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - A recidivism risk instrument was developed and validated on a sample of juvenile offenders (N = 1,987) based on the need to classify juveniles by their likelihood of re-offense. Female recidivism (R(2) = 27%) was predicted by younger age at first expulsion from school, history of parent incarceration, gang involvement, felony class offense, and firearm use. Male recidivism (R(2) = 12%) was predicted by younger age at first adjudication, referrals, school suspensions, history of maternal incarceration, firearm use, running away, gang involvement, and destroying property/stealing. Cross-validation analyses indicated that high-risk offenders recidivated at more than five times the rate of low-risk offenders.
AB - A recidivism risk instrument was developed and validated on a sample of juvenile offenders (N = 1,987) based on the need to classify juveniles by their likelihood of re-offense. Female recidivism (R(2) = 27%) was predicted by younger age at first expulsion from school, history of parent incarceration, gang involvement, felony class offense, and firearm use. Male recidivism (R(2) = 12%) was predicted by younger age at first adjudication, referrals, school suspensions, history of maternal incarceration, firearm use, running away, gang involvement, and destroying property/stealing. Cross-validation analyses indicated that high-risk offenders recidivated at more than five times the rate of low-risk offenders.
KW - Adolescent
KW - gender
KW - predictive validity
KW - stepwise regression
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U2 - 10.1080/10911359.2014.897100
DO - 10.1080/10911359.2014.897100
M3 - Article
C2 - 25105326
AN - SCOPUS:85014761434
SN - 2376-1407
VL - 11
SP - 318
EP - 327
JO - Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
JF - Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
IS - 4
ER -