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Risk assessment of federal female offenders

dc.contributor.advisorWormith, J. Stephenen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWong, Stephen C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberWoods, Philen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFarthing, Gerryen_US
dc.creatorStewart, Catherineen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-03T22:27:55Z
dc.date.available2013-01-03T22:27:55Z
dc.date.created2011-11en_US
dc.date.issued2012-02-10en_US
dc.date.submittedNovember 2011en_US
dc.description.abstractMuch remains to be learned about predicting recidivism in women, including which risk assessment instruments may be most beneficial and what other factors may add to a more complete understanding of recidivism for women. The predictive validities of four risk assessment instruments (i.e., the Level of Service Inventory- Revised (LSI-R), the Level of Service and Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI), the Violence Risk Scale (VRS) and the Statistical Information on Recidivism – Revised 1 (SIR-R1) scale) were compared in an archival sample of 101 federal female offenders on a series of outcome measures including institutional misconduct and general and violent recidivism. The incremental predictive validity of a number of gender informed variables (e.g., history of abuse, economic concerns, childcare responsibility and self harm/suicidality) was also explored. The four risk assessment instruments performed well (AUCs from .650 to .842), adding additional evidence to the growing literature supporting the use of traditional risk assessment instruments with female offenders (Smith, Cullen, & Latessa, 2009; Yang, Wong, & Coid, 2010; Andrews, et al., 2011). Few of the gender informed variables correlated with outcome with the exception of childhood emotional abuse which was related to violent recidivism (AUC .687). However, consistent with the pathways and gender-responsive theories of criminal behavior (Daly, 1992; Reisig, Holtfreter, & Morash, 2006), the combination of childhood emotional abuse and substance abuse appeared the most promising composite of gender informed variables as it was predictive of revocation, institutional misconduct and general and violent recidivism (r = .208 to .248, p < .05 ). Moreover, for most of the risk assessment instruments their predictive utility was improved by adding a gender informed variable or composite, although which variable or composite in particular was not consistent across outcomes or risk assessment instruments. Implications and future directions for risk assessment of women are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2011-11-248en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subjectrisk assessmenten_US
dc.subjectLevel of Serviceen_US
dc.subjectViolence Risk Scaleen_US
dc.subjectStatistical Information on Recidivism – Reviseden_US
dc.subjectfemale offendersen_US
dc.titleRisk assessment of federal female offendersen_US
dc.type.genreThesisen_US
dc.type.materialtexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineClinicalen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewanen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)en_US

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