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Does Gender Moderate the Predictive Utility of the Level of Service Inventory—Revised (LSI-R) for Serious Violent Offenders?

University of California, Irvine

Jennifer L. Skeem

University of California, Irvine, skeem{at}uci.edu

Kevin S. Douglas

Simon Fraser University

Maro Siranosian

University of California, Irvine

A prison inmate's risk of recidivism is central to decisions about whether to release her to serve a portion of her sentence on parole. Although several tools have been developed to improve accuracy in estimating the risk of future reoffense, few have been validated with the ever-growing population of female offenders. This study compared the utility of the Level of Service Inventory—Revised (LSI-R) in predicting recidivism for 70 female and 1,035 male offenders who had been convicted of serious violent offenses. The LSI-R predicted 1-year general recidivism quite well for women. Although gender did not moderate the utility of the LSI-R in predicting recidivism, risk factors that best predicted recidivism differed for men and women. Implications for risk assessment and parole decision making with female inmates are discussed.

Key Words: LSI-R • risk assessment • recidivism • female offenders

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 36, No. 5, 425-442 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854809333058


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