Citation

Villanueva L, Gomis-Pomares A, Adrián JE. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2019; 63(10): 1914-1930.

Affiliation

Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X19834403

PMID

30813813

Abstract

This study was conducted to assess the predictive validity of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in young offenders of Arab descent, living in Spain. To address this subject, the Inventory was administered to a sample of Arab minor offenders ( N = 116), and results were compared to a sample of non-Arab minor offenders ( N = 140), who were all aged between 14 and 17 years. The charges filed after the date of the first assessment carried out by the Youth Offending Team were coded during the follow-up period (2012-2017). The Inventory showed a similar predictive validity for both groups. However, the values were always slightly higher in the non-Arab group than in the Arab group. With subtle cultural differences, the YLS/CMI seems to be a risk instrument capable of predicting recidivism among Arab young offenders.

Language: en

Keywords

Arab young offenders; YLS/CMI; predictive validity; recidivism; risk factors