RT Article
T1 Risk profiles in a Spanish sample of juvenile offenders: implications for risk assessment and management
JF Psychology, crime & law
VO 29
IS 10
SP 1142
OP 1160
A1 Maneiro, Lorena
A1 Argudo, Aarón
A1 Gómez-Fraguela, Xosé Antón
A2 Argudo, Aarón
A2 Gómez-Fraguela, Xosé Antón
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1862623112
AB Risk assessment instruments are designed to help juvenile justice practitioners in decision-making and intervention planning. Previous findings showed that a cumulative risk would be useful in predicting reoffending, whereas a person-centered approach would be more appropriate for risk management and intervention development. Thus, the goal of the current study was to identify risk profiles of juvenile offenders based on the scores obtained in the eight factors assessed by the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) and analyze how they differ in a set of youth demographic factors. The sample was composed of 334 young offenders, 77.2% males, aged 14–21 (M = 16.96; SD = 1.35). The results showed a better fit for the four-class solution, which classified individuals into four different profiles according to their scores on the YLS/CMI: low-needs, antisocial/peers, psychosocial and high-needs. Differences among subgroups were found in terms of gender, age, type of offense and juvenile justice measure. Males were overrepresented in the antisocial/peers and the high-needs groups, and both the low- and high-needs groups were composed by older youths. The identified profiles also differed in type of offenses and in juvenile justice measures. The implications of these results are discussed in terms of risk management.
K1 Risk Factors
K1 Latent Class Analysis
K1 YLS/CMI
K1 Juvenile Offenders
K1 Risk Management
DO 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2055757