Risk Assessment and Post-Release Recidivism in a Sample of Juvenile Homicide Offenders

Given recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding the constitutionality of juveniles who received mandated life sentences, questions have arisen in the field of criminology regarding how these offenders will adjust if someday released. Risk scores were calculated for 59 male juvenile homicide offend...

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Main Author: Hubbell, James T. (Author)
Contributors: Heide, Kathleen M. ; Khachatryan, Norair
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 66, Issue: 8, Pages: 931-953
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Keywords:
Recidivism
Risk assessment
YLS/CMI
follow-up study
homicide offenders
juvenile murderers
re-arrest
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Summary:Given recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings regarding the constitutionality of juveniles who received mandated life sentences, questions have arisen in the field of criminology regarding how these offenders will adjust if someday released. Risk scores were calculated for 59 male juvenile homicide offenders (JHOs) based upon the eight domains in the Youth Level of Supervision/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) and used to examine recidivism among the 48 JHOs who were released. Sample subjects were charged as adults for murder and attempted murder in the 1980s, convicted, and sentenced to adult prison. Chi-square analyses were used to assess the relationship between risk score category and two measures of recidivism, which were general arrests and violent offenses. Results indicated risk scores failed to predict both general and violent recidivism. Implications of the findings and directions for future research are discussed.
ISSN:1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X211049203