Validating the LSI-R on a Sample of Jail Inmates
Author: Alexander M. Holsinger.; Christopher T. Lowenkamp.; Edward J. Latessa.
Source: Volume 17, Number 01, Winter/Spring 2004 , pp.8-9(2)
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Abstract:
The authors of this study set out to determine whether or not the widely used LSI-R provide risk prediction on a jail-based sample. The results presented here suggest that the instrument has predictive validity for the types of highly transient offender populations typically booked into jail and therefore can be a useful instrument for determining who can safely be placed on EM rather than detained in custody.Keywords: Level of Service Inventory-Revised; Risk Assessment for Transient Populations
Affiliations:
1: University of Missouri Kansas City; 2: University of Cincinnati; 3: University of Cincinnati.