A Comparison Between Self-Report and Interview-Based Inventories in Offender Classification

Motiuk, Michele S.; Motiuk, Laurence L.; Bonta, James

doi:10.1177/0093854892019002003

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“…Laishes, 2002. b. Finn, Trevethan, Carrière, & Kowalski, 1996 A self-report version of the LSI-R (LSI-R:SR) has been shown to have acceptable internal reliability and internal consistency and modest validity (Motiuk, Motiuk, & Bonta, 1992). A research assistant was trained in the administration of the instruments.…”

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The Generalizability of the LSI-R and the Cat To the Prediction of Recidivism in Female Offenders

Folsom

Atkinson

2007

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The prediction of recidivism of female offenders has lagged behind that of their male counterparts. The present study was designed to extend the work of previous research on the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) and to examine the utility of another measure-the Childhood and Adolescent Taxon Scale (CAT)-in the prediction of recidivism among female offenders. Participants, 100 female offenders serving sentences of more than 2 years in Canada, completed a self-report version of both instruments. Results indicated acceptable reliability and predictive validity for both measures, and both measures distinguished recidivists from nonrecidivists. Results are discussed in light of previous research and future directions for the examination of the prediction of recidivism among female offenders.

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The Generalizability of the LSI-R and the Cat To the Prediction of Recidivism in Female Offenders

Folsom

Atkinson

2007

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…The LSI-R is a semi-structured interview tool that assesses criminal risk, with information verified through official records. The LSI-R total score ranges from 0 to 54 and is used to assign the level of supervision for community-based offenders and to determine allocation of services (Motiuk, Motiuk, & Bonta, 1992). The LSI-R showed moderately strong predictive validity (r = .31) for 1-year recidivism rates with Colorado parolees (O'Keefe, Klebe, & Hromas, 1998).…”

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One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

O'Keefe¹,

Klebe²,

Stucker³

et al. 2011

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The researchers would also like to acknowledge the support of Mr. Aristedes Zavaras and the staff at the Department of Corrections. This project would never have been possible without the commitment and contributions of management, mental health, case management, offender services, and security staff.This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.ii ABSTRACT One of the most widely debated topics in the field of corrections -the use of long-term administrative segregation (AS) -has suffered from a lack of empirical research. Critics have argued that the conditions of AS confinement exacerbate symptoms of mental illness and create mental illness where none previously existed. Empirical research has had little to offer this debate; the scant empirical research conducted to date suffers from research bias and serious methodological flaws. This study seeks to advance the literature in this regard.This study tested three hypotheses: (1) offenders in AS would develop an array of psychological symptoms consistent with the security housing unit (SHU) syndrome, (2) offenders with and without mental illness would deteriorate over time in AS, but at a rate more rapid and extreme for the mentally ill, and (3) inmates in AS would experience greater psychological deterioration over time than the comparison groups.Study participants included male inmates who were placed in AS and comparison inmates in the general population (GP). Placement into AS or GP conditions occurred as a function of routine prison operations. GP comparison participants included those at risk of AS placement due to their institutional behavior. Inmates in both of these study conditions (AS, GP) were divided into two groups -inmates with mental illness (MI) and with no mental illness (NMI). A third comparison group of inmates with severe mental health problems placed in San Carlos Correctional Facility, a psychiatric care prison facility, was also included. A total of 302 inmates were approached to participate in the study, and 55 refused to participate or later withdrew their consent. Participants were tested at 3-month intervals over a yearlong period.Standardized test data were collected through self-report, correctional staff and clinical staff measures. Tests with demonstrated reliability and validity were selected to assess the eight primary constructs of interest: (1) anxiety, (2) cognitive impairment, (3) depression-hopelessness, (4) hostility-anger control, (5) hypersensitivity, (6) psychosis, (7) somatization, and (8) withdrawal-alienation. Extensive analyses of psychometric properties revealed that inmates self-reported psychological and cognitive symptoms in remarkably reliable and valid ways.The results of this study were largely inconsistent with our hypotheses and the bulk of literature that indi...

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“…Although the validity of self-report questionnaires has often been deemed questionable because of their vulnerability to lying, manipulation, and selfpresentation biases, evidence exists that self-report questionnaires can be accurate and valid (Kendall & Norton-Ford, 1982;Mills, Loza, & Kroner, 2004) and equivalent to traditional methods of predicting violent recidivism (Kuriychuk, 1990) and general recidivism (Motiuk, Motiuk, & Bonta, 1992). The results of the present study add some support to the validity of the argument that self-report questionnaires can help in making accurate and equivalent to clinically administered measures designed to predict violent and nonviolent recidivism.…”

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Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism With Female Offenders

Loza¹,

Neo²,

Shahinfar

et al. 2005

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ) is a 72-item self-report measure designed to predict violent and nonviolent recidivism among adult male criminal offenders. It was administered to 91 female offenders incarcerated in Pennsylvania and 183 incarcerated in Singapore correctional systems. Results indicated that the SAQ has sound psychometric properties, with acceptable reliability and concurrent and predictive validity for assessing violent and nonviolent recidivism. There were no significant differences between the scores of African American and Asian offenders and the responses of the White offenders. Similar to the findings from male offenders, the present results provide some support for the validity of the SAQ in the prediction of violent and nonviolent recidivism risk among White, African American, and Asian female offenders.

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A Comparison Between Self-Report and Interview-Based Inventories in Offender Classification

Cited by 69 publications

References 26 publications

The Generalizability of the LSI-R and the Cat To the Prediction of Recidivism in Female Offenders

The Generalizability of the LSI-R and the Cat To the Prediction of Recidivism in Female Offenders

One Year Longitudinal Study of the Psychological Effects of Administrative Segregation

Cross-Validation of the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire: A Tool for Assessing Violent and Nonviolent Recidivism With Female Offenders

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