NCJ Number
174521
Journal
Legal and Criminological Psychology Volume: 3 Issue: issue Dated: September 1998 Pages: 173-181
Date Published
1998
Length
9 pages
Annotation
This study attempts to predict the long-term outcome of Federal parole, probation and supervised release clients with the Lifestyle Criminality Screening Form (LCSF).
Abstract
A sample of 52 Federal parolees/probationers/supervised releasees, the entire caseload of a US Federal probation officer, were scored on the LCSF and followed up for 3 years. Outcome measures included revocation, all violations (revocation and technical) and adjustment (revocation, technical violations, drug use, employment). The LCSF successfully predicted revocations, technical violations and poor adjustment independent of age, race or gender. A cutting score of 10 correctly classified 69.2 percent of the sample in terms of good or poor adjustment, 75.0 percent of the sample on revocation leading to incarceration, and 73.1 percent of the sample with respect to all violations (technical and criminal). These findings lend further credence to the practical utility of the LCSF as a predictor of future adjustment difficulties in Federal parolees, probationers and supervised releasees. Tables, references