title: A cross-validation of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) among Japanese juvenile offenders.
abstract: The main purpose of the current research is to examine the applicability of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) in a Japanese juvenile offender population. Three hundred eighty-nine youths who were released from the five Juvenile Classification Homes were followed for approximately one and half years. Results show that the YLS/CMI total score significantly predict recidivism. Survival time analysis demonstrates that the YLS/CMI total score also significantly predicted faster time to recidivism. The overall findings support adequate predictive validity of the YLS/CMI total score, but subscales lacked content representativeness and predictive validity in this sample. Canadian and Japanese cultural differences in criminal history and substance abuse are contributors to the lack of content representativeness.
authors.affiliation: Training Institute for Correctional Personnel, Ministry of Justice.
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takemi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Daryl G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Kroner
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D057189:Checklist / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000145:classification* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012372:ROC Curve; D055815:Young Adult