Date Approved
7-11-2017
Graduate Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Criminal Justice (M.S.)
Degree Program
School of Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Brian Johnson
Second Advisor
Christopher Kierkus
Third Advisor
John Walsh
Academic Year
2016/2017
Abstract
This study evaluates the predictive validity of a juvenile risk need assessment, the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory 2.0 (YLS/CMI), on a rural population of 215 juvenile offenders using a logistic regression model. The study includes the use of social and demographic variables as control variables, including gender, age, race, special education status, offense type, history of abuse and neglect, and the presence or absence of a police department in the geographic location of crime. The result of the study shows that the YLS/CMI composite risk score significantly predicted recidivism, (x"=19.796, df=1, N=188, p ≤.01). Directions for future research, policy, and practice are also reviewed.
ScholarWorks Citation
Frick, Julie, "Assessing the Predictive Validity of the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory 2.0 in a Sample of Rural Juvenile Offenders" (2017). Masters Theses. 850.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/850
