NCJ Number
214176
Journal
Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal Volume: 13 Issue: 3 Dated: June 2006 Pages: 347-366
Date Published
June 2006
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article reports on the second stage of a study assessing the relationship between reconviction of prisoners released from custody and their scores on the Level of Supervision Inventory-Revised (LSI-R).
Abstract
Overall, the findings complement the first study by illustrating that the LSI-R is an effective predictor of reconviction and time to reconviction among a sample of English prisoners. Specifically, the LSI-R scores demonstrated predictive validity in terms of the occurrence of reconviction and time to conviction. The analysis further revealed that the Criminal History subscale and the Education and Employment Subscale were the key elements that distinguished the reconvicted from the nonreconvicted offenders. Study 1 involved the administration of the LSI-R to 294 English, male prisoners at the beginning of their prison sentence. Study 2 collected LSI-R retests from 216 of the original participants very close to their discharge from prison. Reconviction data from the Offender Index were gathered on the 216 participants for a follow-up period that ranged from 17 to 1,172 days. The LSI-R scores of the reconvicted offenders were compared to those of the nonreconvicted offenders. Data analysis involved the use of descriptive statistics and sequential logistic regression. Future research should focus on the relationship between LSI-R change scores over a prison sentence and at reconviction. Tables, figure, notes, references