Abstract
The present study examined the predictive validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) in a group of young Spanish offenders. The sample is made up of 594 minors from the Juvenile Court, between the ages of 14 and 18 at the time they committed the delinquent act. The SAVRY was able to differentiate between low and high-risk younger offenders. Mean scores on risk factor are greater in the group of recidivist offenders, the group of non-recidivist shows higher mean scores in Protective domain. The accuracy of the instrument is high (AUCRiskTotalScore = 0.737 and AUCSummaryRiskRating = 0.748). An approximation of the predictive validity study of the SAVRY in Spanish younger offenders is presented. The results obtained support the SAVRY good functioning with not English samples.
Highlights
Interest in risk assessment of juvenile offenders has triggered the development of numerous instruments designed for young offenders (Hoge and Andrews, 2001, 2003; Borum et al, 2002, 2003, 2006; Stockdale, 2008; McKinlay et al, 2015)
A risk factor for sanctionable antisocial behavior (S-ASB) is a variable that predicts a high probability of recidivism, by contrast, protective factors present a lower probability of recidivism, in addition to mitigating the effect of risk factors (Farrington et al, 2012)
This study presents an examination of the predictive validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) in its application to a sample of young offenders from the Juvenile Court of Spain
Summary
Interest in risk assessment of juvenile offenders has triggered the development of numerous instruments designed for young offenders (Hoge and Andrews, 2001, 2003; Borum et al, 2002, 2003, 2006; Stockdale, 2008; McKinlay et al, 2015). Based on principles of the RiskNeed-Responsivity (RNR) model, instruments for measuring risk in juvenile offenders are used in Juvenile Justice in order to identify those juvenile offenders who need intervention (risk), the criminogenic needs they present (needs) and the strategies that should be used with these young offenders (responsivity) (Andrews et al, 1990; Andrews and Bonta, 2010; Polaschek, 2012; Childs et al, 2014). Interventions based on the criminogenic needs of the juvenile offender are more effective than general interventions (Andrews and Bonta, 2010). A risk factor for S-ASB is a variable that predicts a high probability of recidivism, by contrast, protective factors present a lower probability of recidivism, in addition to mitigating the effect of risk factors (Farrington et al, 2012)
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