The Concurrent and Predictive Validity of a Needs and Responsivity Assessment System

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ID6420697
AuthorsGrant Duwe (0000-0003-0632-560X, Minnesota Department of Corrections), Valerie A Clark (0000-0001-9733-5920, Minnesota Department of Corrections)
Year2023
Volume10
Issue1
Pages41-58
Publication date2023-12-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCorrections (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2377-4657 • E-ISSN: 2377-4665
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/23774657.2023.2298807
OpenAlexW4390233967
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited32

Using a sample of nearly 2,100 people incarcerated in Minnesota’s prison system, this study examined the concurrent and predictive validity of a needs and responsivity assessment system. For concurrent validity, we evaluated the relationship between the 13 needs and responsivity domains with assessed recidivism risk levels. For predictive validity, we analyzed the association between the domains and recidivism for a sub-sample that had been released from prison prior to 2023. The hypothesized needs domains – anti-social thinking, anti-social peers, education, employment, substance use disorder, housing/homelessness, and family/domestic – were significantly associated with assessed and observed recidivism, while most of the hypothesized responsivity domains – mental health, religiosity, motivation and learning style – were not. The results suggest self-identity is a distinct criminogenic need. Gender and racial/ethnic differences for concurrent and predictive validity were relatively minimal across the 13 domains

Concurrent validity · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Predictive validity · Prison · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Recidivism · Religiosity · Clinical Psychology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology

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