RT Article
T1 Assessing Risk in North Dakota Juvenile Probation: A Preliminary Examination of the Predictive Validity of the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 67
IS 4
SP 551
OP 573
A1 Matz, Adam K.
A2 Kujava, Elizabeth
A2 Martinez, Adrian R.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1749292513
AB This exploratory research examines the predictive accuracy of the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument adopted by the North Dakota Juvenile Court through a retrospective review of assessment and court records. While studies of YASI from New York, Virginia, and Canada provide some confidence in the instrument’s predictive validity, questions remain concerning its accuracy among female and other specialized populations. This study finds a moderate effect for the instrument’s predictive accuracy in relation to general reoffending from a random sample of juvenile probationers (AUC = 0.66, p = .002, 95% CI [0.56, 0.75], N = 139), but results were notably weaker for females compared to males. Further research is needed on its accuracy among African American and Native American youth.
K1 Assessment
K1 Juvenile
K1 Predictive Validity
K1 Probation
K1 Risk
DO 10.1177/0011128720950023