Factors in Assessing Recidivism Risk in Young Offenders

José-Javier Navarro-Pérez, Marcelo Viera, Joana Calero and José M. Tomás
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José-Javier Navarro-Pérez: Department of Social Work & Social Services, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Valencia, 46011 Valencia, Spain
Marcelo Viera: Department of Inclusive Education, Community Development & Work Sciences, Faculty of Science Education, Catholic University of Valencia, Godella, 46110 Valencia, Spain
Joana Calero: Department of Inclusive Education, Community Development & Work Sciences, Faculty of Science Education, Catholic University of Valencia, Godella, 46110 Valencia, Spain
José M. Tomás: Department of Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 3, 1-11

Abstract: The research aims to identify if the accumulation of protective and/or risk factors might predict the risk of recidivism in juvenile delinquents and determine the relative weight of both types of factors in the predictions themselves. The risk of criminal recidivism was assessed with the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth—SAVRY—instrument based on a sample of 192 Adolescents in Conflict with the Law—ACLs—held in juvenile detention centers in the Valencian Community (Spain). The results show that protective variables have greater relative consistency than risk variables when assessing recidivism risk in ACLs. The paper’s findings enable advances in the identification of antisocial behavior patterns using positive variables, and this in turn involves modifying any intervention proposals made by professionals of juvenile justice because psycho-socio-educational processes can now be dealt with on the basis of the ACLs’ potentialities (protective factors) rather than their deficiencies (risk factors) alone.

Keywords: protective factors; risk factors; recidivism risk; sustainability; adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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