title: Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors for Recidivism in Spanish Youth Offenders.
abstract: Although a large body of research has studied the factors associated to general recidivism, predictive validity of these factors has received less attention. Andrews and Bonta's General Personality and Social-Psychological Model attempts to provide an in-depth explanation of risk and protective factors in relation to youth recidivism. The Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory was administered to 210 adolescents aged between 14 and 18 with a criminal record to analyse risk and protective factors in relation to youth recidivism. Their possible differential contribution over a 2-year follow-up period was also examined. Risk factors showed good levels of recidivism prediction. The factors that emerged as the most discriminative were education/employment, leisure/recreation, and personality. Protective factors differentiated between recidivists and non-recidivists in all factors. Hence, results showed that not only individual but also social factors would be crucial in predicting recidivism.
authors.affiliation: Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain cuervo@uji.es.
authors.forename: Keren
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cuervo
authors.affiliation: Universitat Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
authors.forename: Lidón
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villanueva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D065840:Protective Factors; D011998:Recreation; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013332:Student Dropouts
keywords: YLS/CMI; delinquency; juvenile offender; recidivism; risk and protective factors