@article{ref1,
title="The Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) and Australian offenders: factor structure, sensitivity, and specificity",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2011",
author="Hsu, Ching-I. and Caputi, Peter and Byrne, Mitchell K.",
volume="38",
number="6",
pages="600-618",
abstract="The Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R) assesses the risk of reoffending and identifies criminogenic need characteristics of offenders. Despite the assessment's popularity, its factor structure remains under-researched. Inconsistency in published research may be attributed to the misuse, and inappropriate statistical analyses, of the LSI-R subscale scores. The present study explored the factor structure of the LSI-R, at the item level, using a sample of Australian offenders. Binary exploratory factor analysis found a five-factor solution for male offenders and a four-factor solution for female offenders. Using these data to &quot;recalibrate&quot; the LSI-R, sensitivity and specificity comparisons of the original and modified LSI-R were undertaken. With specific attention to Indigenous status and types of sentence orders served, sensitivity and specificity improvements were observed. <br><br>FINDINGS are discussed in terms of the value of exploring latent constructs and validating assessment tools, as well as the potential impact on the management and rehabilitation of Australian offenders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854811402583",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854811402583"
}