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Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Women and Men

Bell, Valerie R., M.A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336683665

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2012, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services: Criminal Justice.
Risk assessment is an integral part of corrections. Risk assessment allows practitioners to not only predict the likelihood of success for an offender placed in the community but also to identify areas which will likely reduce risk if treated. Many scholars have argued that such areas also known as criminogenic needs differ for men and women (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2003). In responding to these arguments scholars have created a risk assessment designed specifically for female offenders (The Women’s Risk/Needs Assessment or WRNA) (Van Voorhis, Salisbury, Wright, & Bauman, 2008). This dissertation builds on existing gender-responsive studies by examining the predictive validity of gender-neutral and gender-responsive risk/needs variables as well as gender-responsive strengths in a sample of male and female offenders in community correctional facilities using the WRNA. Results indicate that there are differences in the prevalence, co-occurrence, and predictive validity of gender-neutral and gender-responsive risk/needs and gender-responsive strengths for men and women. This study replicates the results of prior studies regarding gender-neutral risk assessment for male offenders. Additionally, this research demonstrates the importance of gender-responsive issues in the risk prediction of female offenders.
Patricia Vanvoorhis, PhD (Committee Chair)
Kimberly Sperber, PhD (Committee Member)
Edward Latessa, PhD (Committee Member)
John Wooldredge, PhD (Committee Member)
204 p.
Criminology
risk assessment; gender; corrections; ; ; ;

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  • Bell, M.A., V. R. (2012). Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Women and Men [Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336683665

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bell, M.A., Valerie. Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Women and Men. 2012. University of Cincinnati, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336683665.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bell, M.A., Valerie. "Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment: A Comparison of Women and Men." Doctoral dissertation, University of Cincinnati, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1336683665

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