Prediction of general and violent recidivism among mentally disordered adult offenders: test of the level of service/risk-need-responsivity (LS/RNR) instrument

The present investigation examined the predictive validity of the Level of Service/Risk-Need-Responsivity (LS/RNR) instrument for general and violent recidivism in a sample of 138 community-supervised adult mentally disordered offenders. The General Risk/Need section was strongly predictive of gener...

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Authors: Canales, Donaldo D. (Author) ; Campbell, Mary Ann (Author) ; Wei, Ran (Author) ; Totten, Angela E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2014, Volume: 41, Issue: 8, Pages: 971-991
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Gender
level of service/risk-need-responsivity (LS/RNR)
mentally disordered offender
Predictive Validity
Recidivism
Risk assessment
Violence