RT Article
T1 Impact of childhood maltreatment on recidivism in youth offenders: a matched-control study
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 42
IS 10
SP 990
OP 1007
A1 Li, Dongdong
A2 Chu, Chi Meng
A2 Goh, Joseph Teck Ling
A2 Ng, Irene Y. H.
A2 Zeng, Gerald
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/188509048X
AB The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of childhood maltreatment on youth offender recidivism in Singapore. The study used case file coding on a sample of 3,744 youth offenders, among whom about 6% had a childhood maltreatment history. The results showed that the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory 2.0 (YLS/CMI 2.0) ratings significantly predicted recidivism for nonmaltreated youth offenders, but not for maltreated youth offenders. Using propensity score matching, the result from a Cox regression analysis showed that maltreated youth offenders were 1.38 times as likely as their nonmaltreated counterparts to reoffend with a follow-up period of up to 7.4 years. The results implied that the YLS/CMI 2.0 measures were insufficient for assessing the risk for recidivism for the maltreated youth offenders, and that other information is needed to help assessors use the professional override when making the overall risk ratings.
K1 YLS/CMI
K1 childhood maltreatment
K1 Family Violence
K1 Neglect
K1 Propensity score matching
K1 Risk assessment
DO 10.1177/0093854815598598