A Second Proof of Concept Investigation of Strengths Using the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth Tool With Justice-Involved Youth
Item Level Risk-Based Effects and Interactions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21744632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Calvin M Langton (0000-0002-2991-1524, University of Windsor, corresponding author), James R Worling (University of Toronto), Gabriela D B Sheinin (University of Windsor) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 251-276 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-2040 • E-ISSN: 1556-9330 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/15412040241241508 |
| PMID | 39315389 |
| OpenAlex | W4393150927 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Despite efforts to incorporate protective factors or ‘strengths’ in applied risk assessments for criminal reoffending, there has been limited progress towards a consensus regarding what is meant by such terms, what effects predictors can exert, or how to describe such effects. This proof of concept study was undertaken to address those issues. A structured professional judgment tool was used to create lower and higher historical/static risk groups with a sample of 273 justice-involved male youth with sexual offenses followed over a fixed 3-year period. Using risk and protective poles to create pairs of dichotomous variables from trichotomously rated risk and protective items, risk-based exacerbation and risk-based protective effects were found. These varied in terms of whether the effect on the outcome of a new violent (including sexual) offense was larger, smaller, or absent for youth at higher or lower historical/static risk. Some of these potentially dynamic dichotomous variables were shown to have a protective (or risk) effect after controlling for both historical/static risk and that same item’s risk (or protective) effect. Some moderated the association between historical/static risk and recidivism, strengthening or reducing it. Terms for these effects and implications of incorporating strengths in research and applied practice were considered
Actuarial science · Business · Computer security · Criminology · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Poison control · Recidivism · Risk assessment · Suicide prevention · Applied Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
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Comparing effect sizes in follow-up studies
Guidelines, criteria, and rules of thumb for evaluating normed and standardized assessment instruments in psychology.
Protective factors as uni- or bipolar factors and their incremental validity and accuracy in predicting general recidivism
Strengths Matter
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Introduction to the Special Issue
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The utility of the Savry across ethnicity in Australian young offenders
Risk, promotive, and protective factors in youth offending
Protective factors for violence
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |