IRT-Based Differential Item Functioning Analysis of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory Across Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth

Even though risk assessments are routinely conducted in the criminal justice system to inform sentencing and case management, their cross-cultural applicability remains contested. This study investigated the generalizability of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI), a widely...

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Authors: Huang, Shiming (Author) ; Peterson-Badali, Michele (Author) ; Jang, Eunice Eunhee (Author) ; Skilling, Tracey A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2021, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 502-517
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Predictive Validity
Measurement
Youth Justice
Risk assessment
Risk-need-responsivity