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- Title
Reducing Violence in Correctional Institutions: Revalidation of the Inmate Risk Assessment for Violent, Nonsexual Victimization.
- Authors
Labrecque, Ryan M.; Scherer, Heidi; McCafferty, James T.
- Abstract
Jail and prison administrators are responsible for ensuring institutional safety and order. Recent estimates indicate violence in correctional institutions is pervasive. One promising approach to reduce institutional violence is using a risk assessment to predict the likelihood of victimization. Once corrections officials identify high victimization risk offenders, these authorities can take steps to triage interventions to mitigate such risks. This strategy, however, requires a classification instrument that is available and predictively valid. In 2014, Labrecque, Smith, and Wooldredge created one such tool—the Inmate Risk Assessment for Violent, Nonsexual Victimization (RVNSV). This study reassesses the predictive validity of the RVNSV on a sample of adult inmates in the United States. The results indicate the RVNSV is a valid predictor of inmate victimization, among males and females.
- Subjects
CORRECTIONAL institutions; PRISON violence prevention; RISK assessment; VICTIMS of violent crimes; CRIMES against institutionalized persons; SAFETY
- Publication
Violence & Victims, 2018, Vol 33, Issue 1, p126
- ISSN
0886-6708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/0886-6708.33.1.126