Are Youth Violence Risk Instruments Interchangeable? Evaluating Instrument Convergence in a Sample of Incarcerated Adolescent Offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 317-341

  Shepherd, Stephane M ^a   Luebbers, Stefan ^b   Ogloff, James R P ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

juvenile offending; recidivism; risk assessment; Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY); Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory (YLS CMI); youth violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODIAL CARE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OFFENDER; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIDIVISM; RECREATION; REHABILITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURED ASSESSMENT OF VIOLENCE RISK IN YOUTH; VIOLENCE; YOUTH LEVEL OF SERVICE CASE MANAGEMENT INVENTORY;

EID: 84926224269     PISSN: 15228932     EISSN: 15229092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228932.2014.954871     Document Type: Article

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