It is desirable to have assessment tools that are pertinent to violent offending. This study evaluated the validity of the Australian Adaptation of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI-AA) in terms of violent convictions. A retrospective analysis was undertaken of the ...
Predicting and understanding risk of re-offending: the Prisoner Cohort Study Risk assessment and risk management are key components of the Government'sproposals to detain and treat individuals with Dangerous and Severe PersonalityDisorder (DSPD). Accuracy in risk assessment plays a major role in ident...
This study examines the predictive validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) by examining relationships between SAVRY scores and violent reoffending during a 3-year period after sentencing. Two types of sentences were studied: a mandatory treatment order (N = 77) and...
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(2012). La gestione degli autori di reati sessuali tra psicopatologia e rischio di recidiva, prospettive trattamentali [The management of sex offenders between psychopathology and risk of reoffending, treatment perspectives]. Rassegna Italiana Di Criminologia, 2, 70–82. Google Scholar Carvalho...
Female violent offending is an understudied topic in Spanish-speaking countries. This review explores the major research findings accumulated internationally over the last decade (2003-2013) about women's violence and crimes. The focus of the review is the intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual...
In the United States, sexually violent predator (SVP) commitment statutes generally require assessment of an offender's risk of subsequent sexual violence. Current actuarial methods for predicting sexual reoffending were actually designed to predict something else—charges or convictions for offenses...
Predicting and understanding risk of re-offending: the Prisoner Cohort Study and sexual reoffending.The main aims of the study were to test the accuracy in a UK populationof the risk assessment devices and instruments currently being piloted for use in theDSPD centres in predicting serious re-off...
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