@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal cohort study: predictive validity of the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth individual/clinical risk factor on recidivism among Mississippi justice-involved youth",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2024",
author="Dembo, Richard and Gardner, Sheena K. and Robertson, Angela A. and Wareham, Jennifer and Schmeidler, James",
volume="22",
number="3",
pages="167-181",
abstract="Many juvenile justice agencies have moved toward risk-need-responsivity and risk-need-assessment approaches to manage youth and reduce future risk of recidivism. The Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY) instrument is a popular tool to assess risk and protective factors among justice-involved youth. The present study explored the consistency of the Individual/Clinical Risk measure, comprised of eight items (e.g., anger, negative attitudes, empathy), as a single latent factor across five years (2017-2021) of juvenile court data in Mississippi. Further, this study examined gender (male vs. female) and race (Black vs. non-Black) invariance in this risk factor and the predictive validity of the risk factor for one-year recidivism. <br><br>FINDINGS support the existence of a single factor of Individual/Clinical Risk and consistency across time. The risk factor was invariant across gender and race. Further, the risk factor significantly predicted recidivism in years 2019-2021, and near significantly predicted recidivism for 2017. These findings recommend the continued use of the SAVRY as an evidence-based measure of risk.  Keywords: Juvenile Justice <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/15412040241231964",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/15412040241231964"
}