@article{ref1,
title="Does gender moderate the predictive utility of the Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R)  for serious violent offenders?",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2009",
author="Manchak, Sarah M. and Skeem, Jennifer L. and Douglas, Kevin S. and Siranosian, Maro",
volume="36",
number="5",
pages="425-442",
abstract="A prison inmate's risk of recidivism is central to decisions about whether to release her to serve a portion of her sentence on parole. Although several tools have been developed to improve accuracy in estimating the risk of future reoffense, few have been validated with the ever-growing population of female offenders. This study compared the utility of the Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R) in predicting recidivism for 70 female and 1,035 male offenders who had been convicted of serious violent offenses. The LSI-R predicted 1-year general recidivism quite well for women. Although gender did not moderate the utility of the LSI-R in predicting recidivism, risk factors that best predicted recidivism differed for men and women. Implications for risk assessment and parole decision making with female inmates are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854809333058",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854809333058"
}