@article{ref1,
title="Validity of the Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R) Among African American and Hispanic Male Offenders",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2007",
author="Schlager, Melinda D. and Simourd, David J.",
volume="34",
number="4",
pages="545-554",
abstract="The Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R) is a dynamic risk/needs assessment instrument that has been used extensively among a variety of offender samples. Validity research on the LSI-R, however, is based on samples consisting predominantly of Caucasian participants. The present study sought to examine the psychometric properties and validity of the instrument among a sample of African American and Hispanic male offenders. Participants were 446 male parolees residing in three halfway houses and one day reporting center. Three hundred and thirty-four offenders (75% of the sample) were of African American heritage and 112 (25%) were of Hispanic heritage. Analyses of the psychometric properties and validity of the LSI-R were conducted separately for each ethnic group. <br><br>RESULTS indicated the instrument had acceptable psychometric properties, but that the predictive validity results were lower than previous studies on the LSI-R. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed within the context of the invariance of risk variables and the applicability of the LSI-R to various offender groups.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854806296039",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854806296039"
}