TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Does gender moderate the predictive utility of the Level of Service Inventory--Revised (LSI-R)  for serious violent offenders?
JO  - Criminal justice and behavior
A1  - Manchak, Sarah M.
A1  - Skeem, Jennifer L.
A1  - Douglas, Kevin S.
A1  - Siranosian, Maro
SP  - 425
EP  - 442
VL  - 36
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0093-8548
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854809333058
ID  - ref1
ER  -