Predicting outcome with the Level of Service Inventory-Revised: The importance of implementation integrity |
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Authors: | Anthony W Flores Christopher T Lowenkamp Edward J Latessa |
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Institution: | a Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, Bakersfield, 24 DDH, 9001 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099, United States b Division of Criminal Justice, University of Cincinnati, P. O. Box 210389, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0389, United States c Department of Sociology/Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 208 Haag Hall, 5100 Rockhill Hall, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499, United States |
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Abstract: | Correctional agencies face increasing pressure to provide more services for increasing caseloads with fewer resources. The Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) is a risk/need assessment instrument that was designed to assist correctional agencies in classifying offenders based upon risk of re-offending, thereby allowing agencies to assign appropriate levels of risk/need and develop intervention/case-plans accordingly. Although predictive validity of the LSI-R has been demonstrated, very little attention has been paid to the effect that staff training and agency experience have on the validity of this comprehensive, dynamic risk/need assessment tool. The use of formalized training and agency experience were found to be important factors that may determine the validity of the risk/need scores that are gleaned from the LSI-R assessment process. |
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