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Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism With Female Offenders
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The present results provide some support for the validity of the SAQ in the prediction of violent and nonviolent recidivism risk among White, African American, and Asian female offenders.Abstract:
The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a 72-item self-report measure designed to predict violent and nonviolent recidivism among adult male criminal offenders. It was administered to 91 female offenders incarcerated in Pennsylvania and 183 incarcerated in Singapore correctional systems. Results indicated that the SAQ has sound psychometric properties, with acceptable reliability and concurrent and predictive validity for assessing violent and nonviolent recidivism. There were no significant differences between the scores of African American and Asian offenders and the responses of the White offenders. Similar to the findings from male offenders, the present results provide some support for the validity of the SAQ in the prediction of violent and nonviolent recidivism risk among White, African American, and Asian female offenders.read more
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THE PREDICTION OF VIOLENCE IN ADULT OFFENDERS A Meta-Analytic Comparison of Instruments and Methods of Assessment
TL;DR: In this paper, a meta-analysis compared risk instruments and other psychological measures on their ability to predict general (primarily nonsexual) violence in adults, and found little variation was found amongst the mean effect sizes of common actuarial or structured risk instruments (i.e., Historical, Clinical, and Risk Management Violence Risk Assessment Scheme; Level of Supervision Inventory, Revised; violence risk assessment guide; Statistical Information on Recidivism scale; and Psychopathy Checklist•Revised).
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The Generalizability of the LSI-R and the Cat To the Prediction of Recidivism in Female Offenders:
Jean Folsom,Jill L. Atkinson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors extended the work of previous research on the Level of Service Inventory (LSI-R) and examined the utility of another measure, the Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale (CAT), in the prediction of recidivism among female offenders.
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A systematic review of risk assessment strategies for populations at high risk of engaging in violent behaviour: update 2002–8
Richard Whittington,Juliet Hockenhull,James McGuire,Maria Leitner,W Barr,MG Cherry,R Flentje,B Quinn,Yenal Dundar,Rumona Dickson +9 more
TL;DR: A very large number of studies examining the relationship between a structured instrument and a violent outcome were published in this relatively short 7-year period, and there is evidence of some convergence around a small number of high-performing instruments and identification of the components of a high-quality evaluation approach.
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A Nine-Year Follow-Up Study on the Predictive Validity of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire for Predicting Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism
TL;DR: The effectiveness of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire in providing estimates for predicting violent and nonviolent recidivism over a 9-year period is examined.
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Assessing Short-Term Outcomes of an Intervention for Women Convicted of Violent Crimes
TL;DR: In this article, a gender specific and trauma-informed intervention, Beyond Violence, was piloted with 35 women incarcerated in a state prison with a conviction for a felony-level assault.
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