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Assessing the Risk of Offending
Conference 24/02/2010
Siobhan Young
IYJS
Overview
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Assessing Risk and Need
Risk and Protective Factors
Better Outcomes
Risk Assessments
Youth Level of Service / Case
Management Inventory 2 (YLS/CMI 2)
Assessing the Risk of Offending
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Assessing risk and need
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Health
Education
Justice
Risk and Protective Factors
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Individual
Family
School
Community
What do we want?
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To create a safer society by working in
partnership to reduce youth offending through
appropriate interventions and linkages into
services
Better Outcomes
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Children will be:
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Healthy
Supported in active learning
Secure in the environment
Economically secure
Safe from harm
Part of positive networks
Included and participating in society
Risk
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Risk of offending / re-offending
Risk of harm to others
Risk of harm to young person
Different tools assess different risk
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General risk of offending
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Asset (Youth Justice Board, 2000)
Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory
YLS/CMI (Hoge and Andrews, 2002; 2010)
Risk of violence
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Structured Assessment of Youth Violence Risk
SAVRY (Borum et al, 2002)
Assessment Intervention and Moving-On Framework
AIM (Print et al, 2000)
YLS/CMI: Principles
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Risk
Need
Responsivity
Professional Judgement
YLS / CMI 2
(Hoge and Andrews 2010)
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Assessment of Risks and Needs
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Prior and Current Offences
Family Circumstances / Parenting
Education / Employment
Peer Relations
Substance Abuse
Leisure / Recreation
Personality / Behaviour
Attitudes / Orientation
YLS / CMI 2
(Hoge and Andrews 2010)
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Assessment of Risk and Needs
Summary of Risks and Needs
Assessment of Other Needs
Your Assessment of the Young Person’s Risk / Need
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Contact Level
Case Management Plan
Case Management Review Assessment of Risks and
Needs
Why use the YLS/CMI?
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Best practice
Standardise practice
Systematic collection of information
Inform decision making
Final Thoughts
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Risk Assessment
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Only as good as the action that follows
Cannot stand alone
Dynamic
Must be supported by effective information
sharing across agencies