TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Savry risk assessment in violent Dutch adolescents: relation to sentencing and recidivism
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Lodewijks, Henny P. B.
A1  - Doreleijers, Theo A. H.
A1  - Ruiter, Corine De
SP  - 696
EP  - 709
VL  - 35
IS  - 6
N2  - This study examines the predictive validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) by examining relationships between SAVRY scores and violent reoffending during a 3-year period after sentencing. Two types of sentences were studied: a mandatory treatment order (N = 77) and a juvenile prison sentence (N = 40). The predictive validity of the SAVRY was significant for the two types of sentences. The predictive validity of the unstructured clinical judgment proved to be not significant. Support was found for the hypothesis that the juvenile court's sentence (treatment versus detention) might have been influenced by the unstructured clinical risk assessment of the mental health experts, even though this assessment is a poor predictor of violent reoffending.   Keywords: Juvenile justice<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808316146
ID  - ref1
ER  -