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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
Time: 11:48 pm
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Results for recidivism (new zealand)
2 results foundAuthor: Mossman, Elaine Title: Research to Validate the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST) Phase I: Screening and Assessment of Young Offenders Risk of Recidivism: Literature Review Summary: This report responds to a request by the New Zealand Police to conduct a literature review of risk screening instruments for youth offenders, with a particular focus on the methods used to establish validity and reliability of these tools, including validation across cultures. The purpose of the literature review is to inform a larger project that aims to assess the validity, reliability and predictive capability of the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST). Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2010. 87p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed on September 24, 2012 at http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-screening-and-assessment-of-young-offenders-literature-review.pdf Year: 2010 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-screening-and-assessment-of-young-offenders-literature-review.pdf Shelf Number: 126440 Keywords: Juvenile Offenders (New Zealand)Recidivism (New Zealand)Risk Assessment (New Zealand) |
Author: Mossman, Elaine Title: Research to Validate the New Zealand Police Youth Offending Risk Screening Tool (YORST) Phase II: Predictive Ability Analysis Summary: Predicting recidivism in young offenders is not an easy task and none of the currently available risk assessment tools do exceptionally well at this. The predictive ability of the YORST was as good, and in some cases better than other well established and more comprehensive risk assessment tools. This is a good achievement for New Zealand Police, particularly considering the comparative brevity of the YORST screen with just 14 items. Analysis presented in this report has revealed that modifications to the existing YORST through the re-coding of items, applying weights to predictive items or including additional predictor variables were able to improve slightly its predictive ability. However, of particular value has been the identification of items which are most important in predicting recidivism. Identification of these items has important implications for the practical application of the YORST. Predicting recidivism in young offenders is not an easy task and none of the currently available risk assessment tools do exceptionally well at this. The predictive ability of the YORST was as good, and in some cases better than other well established and more comprehensive risk assessment tools. This is a good achievement for New Zealand Police, particularly considering the comparative brevity of the YORST screen with just 14 items. Details: Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Police, 2010. 55p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed September 24, 2012 at http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-predictive-ability-analysis.pdf Year: 2010 Country: New Zealand URL: http://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/yorst-predictive-ability-analysis.pdf Shelf Number: 126441 Keywords: Juvenile Offenders (New Zealand)Recidivism (New Zealand)Risk Assessment (New Zealand) |