Citation

Shepherd SM. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2014; 59(12): 1297-1307.

Affiliation

Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia sshepherd@swin.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X14540492

PMID

24965119

Abstract

This article outlines the current utility of Indigenous culturally specific risk factors for violence and the ramifications for cross-cultural risk prediction. The Indigenous culturally specific violence risk factor literature has provided a rich body of contextual information outlining Indigenous patterns of criminal behaviour. This information has the capacity to facilitate offender responsivity and treatment targets in addition to assisting clinicians identify the presence of risk markers among Indigenous clients. However, if intended for inclusion in risk prediction models, culturally specific risk items then require further quantitative analysis to establish robust associations and probability estimates for recidivistic outcome.

Language: en