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Is a 7-Item Combination from the YLS/CMI an Effective Screening Strategy for Risk to Reoffend? Findings from a Cross-National Study

2021; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 48; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0093854821995866

1552-3594

Miguel Basto-Pereira, Lidón Villanueva, Michele Peterson‐Badali, Alberto Pimentel, Jorge Quintas, Keren Cuervo, Robert D. Hoge, Tracey A. Skilling,

Child Abuse and Trauma

Several brief screening measures for youth risk to reoffend have been developed; however, these measures have been tested primarily in high-income English-speaking countries and their predictive validity is limited. A recent study proposed a screening strategy using a combination of seven items from the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI). Predictive validity for this strategy was better than that reported in studies of previously developed screening tools. In the current study, the predictive validity of this strategy was examined across samples of justice-involved youth from two countries: Canada ( N = 196) and Portugal ( N = 2,348). The full version of the YLS/CMI was completed and recidivism data were collected over a 2-year period. Results support the predictive validity of this strategy, with area under the curve (AUC) values (.69–.74) very similar to those found in the full version in each country, both in the full samples, and for both genders.