Differentiating violent from nonviolent female offenders using the Jesness inventory

Allen, John; Rupert, Vicki; Spatafora, Kathy; Windell, James; Gaulier, Bernard; Conti, Katherine L

doi:10.1016/s0191-8869(02)00144-7

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“…However, in a juvenile sample of 30 hands-on sex offenders and 34 nonsexual offenders, Flores (2002) found that nonsexual offending youth scored significantly higher on the Social Maladjustment, Value Orientation, Alienation, and Asocial Index subscales. In a sample of 94 female juvenile offenders, Allen et al (2003), contrary to expectations, found that youth convicted of nonviolent offenses actually had more pathological JI profiles (higher scores on approximately two-thirds of the scales) than violent youth. In addition, Clark (2011) found that JI-R scores on Manifest Aggression and Withdrawal-Depression (the only subscales examined) did not predict recidivism or discriminate violent from nonviolent offending in a sample of 95 male juvenile offenders.…”

Section: The Jesness Inventory: a Brief Theoretical Overview And Rececontrasting

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Convergent and Predictive Validity of the Jesness Inventory in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders

Olver

Stockdale

2016

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The present study examined the convergent and predictive validity of the Jesness Inventories (JI) in a sample of 138 juvenile offenders, completed in the course of routine service delivery. JI profiles were compared with ratings on three standardized forensic clinical scales: the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory, Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version, and Violence Risk Scale-Youth Version. The JI Asocial Index and the Undersocialized Active and Group-Oriented Conformist Interpersonal Maturity Level (I-level) subtypes demonstrated the strongest pattern of convergence and most consistently predicted recidivism. The Asocial Index did not incrementally predict recidivism after controlling for scores on the standardized forensic clinical scales; however, meaningful differences among broad I-Level groups (I-3 and I-4) remained after controlling for risk. Risk-need-responsivity applications of the JI (i.e., in terms of treatment dosage, identifying treatment targets, and adaptation of services) are discussed within the context of a comprehensive forensic assessment framework to inform case formulation, service delivery, and decision making with justice involved youth.

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Section: The Jesness Inventory: a Brief Theoretical Overview And Rececontrasting

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Convergent and Predictive Validity of the Jesness Inventory in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders

Olver

Stockdale

2016

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“…Indeed, a large body of research has identified differences between violent and nonviolent offenders [Allen et al, 2003;Lynam et al, 2004]. However, less attention has been paid to potentially important differences between different classes of violent offenders.…”

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“…Identifying traits that underlie different types of criminal behavior is important for understanding crime and for developing sensitive and specialized treatments for offenders. Indeed, a large body of research has identified differences between violent and nonviolent offenders [Allen et al, 2003;Lynam et al, 2004]. However, less attention has been paid to potentially important differences between different classes of violent offenders.…”

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Domestic violence and psychopathic traits: distinguishing the antisocial batterer from other antisocial offenders

Swogger

Walsh

Kosson

2007

Aggressive Behavior

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The proliferation of specialized domestic batterer treatment programs suggests that batterers differ from other offenders in important ways. The psychopathic personality represents a constellation of personality traits, which may be relevant to the differentiation of batterers from other offenders. In a sample of 172 county jail inmates, we examined whether antisocial batterers can be distinguished from the larger pool of antisocial offenders on the basis of the four-facet model of psychopathy identified for the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R). Batterer/non-batterer status was positively related to the PCL-R affective facet and negatively related to the lifestyle facet, but there was no significant relationship between PCL-R total scores and this criterion. Results suggest that antisocial batterers are characterized by deficient affective experience and by reduced impulsivity and irresponsibility compared with other antisocial offenders. Implications are discussed in light of specialized treatments for batterers.

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“…For example, Allen et al (2003) classified 94 first-time female young offenders (aged between 13 and 17) as violent or nonviolent on the basis of court records of the index offense. Their index defined a violent offense as a crime committed against a person, for example, assault, battery, armed robbery, or criminal sexual conduct; a nonviolent offense was defined as any other crime, for example, retail fraud, breaking and entering, or malicious destruction of property.…”

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Violence classifications and their impact on observed relationships with key factors in young offenders.

Kenny

Press

2006

Psychology, Public Policy, and Law

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The understanding of violent criminal behavior is hindered by definitional problems in both the legal and research communities. Different definitions of violent criminal behavior and different classifications of the severity of violence are fundamental problems that need to be resolved in order to develop better conceptual models of the precursors to criminal violence that can inform management and treatment of violent young offenders. This study evaluated 6 classifications of violent juvenile offenses derived from the legal system and published research. The authors compare frequencies from different classifications and examine the influence of classifications on observed associations with expected predictor variables. Differences in frequencies and perceived associations between classifications highlight the need to adopt a consistent method of coding violent offenses for research purposes in order to obtain valid results that are capable of informing policy, the judiciary, and the development of effective interventions. The final classification system offers a method of systematic coding based on the type, frequency, and outcome of the violent behavior that distinguishes between levels of violence severity.

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Differentiating violent from nonviolent female offenders using the Jesness inventory

Cited by 7 publications

References 23 publications

Convergent and Predictive Validity of the Jesness Inventory in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders

Convergent and Predictive Validity of the Jesness Inventory in a Sample of Juvenile Offenders

Domestic violence and psychopathic traits: distinguishing the antisocial batterer from other antisocial offenders

Violence classifications and their impact on observed relationships with key factors in young offenders.

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