A new methodology for assessing the level of risk in incarcerated offenders
A review of the literature relating to the assessment of risk in incarcerated offenders is given. A new methodology for the actuartal assessment of risk based on the prediction of the way in which offending behaviour traits will be manifest in the prison environment is described. A validation of thi...
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Format: | Print Article |
Language: | English |
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1993
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The British journal of criminology
Year: 1993, Volume: 33, Issue: 3, Pages: 436-448 |
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Summary: | A review of the literature relating to the assessment of risk in incarcerated offenders is given. A new methodology for the actuartal assessment of risk based on the prediction of the way in which offending behaviour traits will be manifest in the prison environment is described. A validation of this methodology is described giving a level of accuracy of 65 per cent. A measure of the accuracy, the rated percentage agreement (RPA), is described and the inter-rater reliability of the methodology is investigated. The utility of the instrument in a prison environment is outlined and implications for future refinement and validation are discussed |
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ISSN: | 0007-0955 |