164 male and female young offenders were given the Young Offender Level of Service Inventory. Scores from this 76-item risk assessment were used to produce a matched sample of 82 female and 82 male young offenders. Sex did not influence the 1-yr. criminal recidivism rate, a result consistent with other findings.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
AndrewsD. A.BontaJ. (1994) The psychology of criminal conduct. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.
2.
BontaJ.PangB.Wallace-CaprettaS. (1995) Predictors of recidivism among incarcerated female offenders. The Prison Journal, 75, 277–294.
3.
CoulsonG. E.IlacquaG.NutbrownV.GiulekasD.CudjoeF. (1996) Predictive utility of the LSI for incarcerated female offenders. Criminal justice and Behavior, 23, 427–439.
4.
DawesR. M.FaustD.MeehlP. E. (1989) Clinical versus actuarial judgement. Science, 24, 1668–1674.
5.
HarrisG. T.RiceM. E.QuinseyV. L. (1993) Violent recidivism of mentally disordered offenders: The development of a statistical prediction instrument. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 20,315–335.
6.
HogeR. D.AndrewsD. A.LeschiedA. W. (1994) Tests of three hypotheses regarding the predictors of delinquency. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 22, 547–559.
7.
MakA. S. (1991) Psychosocial control characteristics of delinquents and nondelinquents. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 18, 287–303.
8.
ShieldsI. W. (1990) Young Offender–Level of Supervision Inventory, manual and norms. Ottawa, Canada: Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services.
9.
ShieldsI. W. (1993) The use of the Young Offender Level of Service Inventory (YO–LSI) with adolescents. IARCA Journal, 5, 10–26.
10.
ShieldsI. W.SimourdD. J. (1991) Predicting predatory behavior in a population of incarcerated young offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 48, 180–194.
11.
SimourdL.AndrewsD. A. (1994) Correlates of delinquency: A look at gender differences. Forum on Corrections Research, 6, 26–31.
12.
WebsterC.DickensB.AddarioS. (1985) Constructing dangerousness scientific, legal and policy implications. Research Report for the Centre of Criminology Univer. of Toronto.
