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Assessing the Risk of Offending

Assessing the Risk of Offending. Conference 24/02/2010 Siobhan Young IYJS. Overview. 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 the Risk of Offending

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  1. Assessing the Risk of Offending Conference 24/02/2010 Siobhan Young IYJS

  2. Overview • Assessing Risk and Need • Risk and Protective Factors • Better Outcomes • Risk Assessments • Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory 2 (YLS/CMI 2)

  3. Assessing the Risk of Offending • Assessing risk and need • Health • Education • Justice

  4. Risk and Protective Factors • Individual • Family • School • Community

  5. What do we want? • To create a safer society by working in partnership to reduce youth offending through appropriate interventions and linkages into services

  6. Better Outcomes • Children will be: • Healthy • Supported in active learning • Secure in the environment • Economically secure • Safe from harm • Part of positive networks • Included and participating in society

  7. Risk • Risk of offending / re-offending • Risk of harm to others • Risk of harm to young person

  8. Different tools assess different risk • General risk of offending • Asset (Youth Justice Board, 2000) • Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory YLS/CMI (Hoge and Andrews, 2002; 2010) • Risk of violence • Structured Assessment of Youth Violence Risk SAVRY (Borum et al, 2002) • Assessment Intervention and Moving-On Framework AIM (Print et al, 2000)

  9. YLS/CMI: Principles • Risk • Need • Responsivity • Professional Judgement

  10. YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010) • Assessment of Risks and Needs • Prior and Current Offences • Family Circumstances / Parenting • Education / Employment • Peer Relations • Substance Abuse • Leisure / Recreation • Personality / Behaviour • Attitudes / Orientation

  11. YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010) • Assessment of Risk and Needs • Summary of Risks and Needs • Assessment of Other Needs • Your Assessment of the Young Person’s Risk / Need Level • Contact Level • Case Management Plan • Case Management Review Assessment of Risks and Needs

  12. Why use the YLS/CMI? • Best practice • Standardise practice • Systematic collection of information • Inform decision making

  13. Final Thoughts • Risk Assessment • Only as good as the action that follows • Cannot stand alone • Dynamic • Must be supported by effective information sharing across agencies

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