@article{ref1,
title="Use of dynamic risk/need assessment instruments among long-term incarcerated offenders",
journal="Criminal justice and behavior",
year="2004",
author="Simourd, David J.",
volume="31",
number="3",
pages="306-323",
abstract="Dynamic risk/need assessment instruments are useful tools in the effective treatment and management of offenders. The Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) is a dynamic risk/need assessment instrument that has been used extensively among a variety of offender samples. Although considerable research has shown that the instrument is valid and reliable, there is a lack of information on the predictive validity of the instrument among longer term offenders. In the current study the LSI-R was completed on a sample of 129 Canadian federally incarcerated offenders serving a mean sentence length of 5 years. Scores on the LSI-R were compared to various recidivism criteria during a 15-month follow-up period. <br><br>RESULTS indicated the instrument had acceptable reliability and predictive validity and distinguished recidivists from nonrecidivists. <br><br>RESULTS are discussed within the context of the assessment and treatment of longer term offenders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0093-8548",
doi="10.1177/0093854803262507",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854803262507"
}