Predicting risk of recidivism in Spanish young offenders: Comparative analysis of the SAVRY and YLS/CMI
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15486
ISSN: 0214 - 9915 CODEN PSOTEG
DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2019.275
ISSN: 0214 - 9915 CODEN PSOTEG
DOI: 10.7334/psicothema2019.275
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Ortega Campos, Elena María; García García, Juan; Fuente Sánchez, María Leticia De La; Zaldívar Basurto, María FlorDate
2020Abstract
Background: This study offers a comparative analysis of evidence for the
predictive validity of SAVRY and YLS/CMI scores in predicting risk of
recidivism in a group of young people who received a Juvenile Justice order.
Methods: The sample was made up of 594 youths aged between 14 and
18 (M=15.63, SD=1.08) at the time they committed an offense. Results:
Both instruments showed high accuracy in predicting recidivism, with
the greatest accuracy observed in the SAVRY and YLS/CMI total scores,
as well as in the Individual domain of the SAVRY. Comparative analysis
of the AUCs of both instruments indicated no statistically signifi cant
differences between total scores from the two instruments. Results showed
statistically signifi cant differences in comparisons of means and AUCs
between the groups of young reoffenders and non-reoffenders in all cases.
Our results did not support the hypothesis that dynamic risk factors are
a better predictors of recidivism in young offenders. Co...
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Risk assessment
recidivism
offenders,
SAVRY
YLS/CMI