Exploring the validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised with Native American offenders |
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Authors: | Alexander M Holsinger Christopher T Lowenkamp |
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Institution: | a 208 Haag Hall, Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, United States b Corrections Institute, University of Cincinnati, P. O. Box 210389, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389, United States c Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, P. O. Box 210389, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389, United States |
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Abstract: | The use of actuarial risk/need assessment tools is an increasingly important part of the correctional landscape. Actuarial tools ideally will provide a valid, dynamic assessment of an offender's overall risk/need level, and will identify their most prevalent criminogenic needs. What results is typically a number or score that can be used to assign an offender to a risk level that is associated with an assumed likelihood of recidivism. Testing the predictive validity of actuarial risk/need assessment tools is of paramount concern, particularly when they are utilized with new (and under-researched) populations. The current study assessed the predictive validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Revised using a sample of Native American and White offenders in a northern midwestern state. Results showed the instrument to have modest predictive validity utilizing the entire sample of offenders, with varying results for subsequent subgroups. |
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