A Comparative Analysis of the Risk Profiles of Australian Young Offenders From Rural and Urban Communities

Autor:	Garry Kidd, Andrew Day, Luke Butcher, Debra Miles
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Young offender Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Recidivism Juvenile delinquency Poison control Human factors and ergonomics Context (language use) Rural area Risk assessment Psychology Applied Psychology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Demography
Zdroj:	International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63:2483-2500
ISSN:	1552-6933 0306-624X
DOI:	10.1177/0306624x19853110
Popis:	Australian young people from rural areas, particularly Aboriginal young people, are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. Apart from broad evidence regarding the entrenched social disadvantages experienced by young people in rural communities, the literature is limited in describing why this might be case. Due to these social disadvantages, it is hypothesised that young offenders from rural communities will have higher levels of offending risk factors, as measured by the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory—Australian Adaption (YLS/CMI-AA). A total of 6,750 archival records were analysed, showing that significantly more Aboriginal young offenders live in rural areas. Contrary to the hypothesis, urban young offenders had significantly higher risk scores than rural young offenders. These findings suggest that there may be particular ecological factors that are not assessed in the current risk assessment instrument or that rural young people have a range of protective factors that may insulate against the broader context of social disadvantage.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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