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 Assessing risk and need

Health Education Justice

Risk and Protective Factors Individual Family School Community

What do we want? To create a safer society by working in

partnership to reduce youth offending through appropriate interventions and linkages into services

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

Risk Risk of offending / re-offending Risk of harm to others Risk of harm to young person

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)

YLS/CMI: Principles Risk Need Responsivity Professional Judgement

YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010)

Assessment of Risks and Needs1. Prior and Current Offences2. Family Circumstances / Parenting3. Education / Employment4. Peer Relations5. Substance Abuse6. Leisure / Recreation7. Personality / Behaviour8. Attitudes / Orientation

YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010)

1. Assessment of Risk and Needs2. Summary of Risks and Needs3. Assessment of Other Needs 4. Your Assessment of the Young Person’s Risk /

Need Level5. Contact Level6. Case Management Plan7. Case Management Review Assessment of Risks and

Needs

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

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