Health Research Center, Faculty of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 La Cañada, Almería, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Mar 23;17(6):2112. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17062112.
Instruments that assess recidivism risk in young people are used widely in the sphere of juvenile justice worldwide. Traditionally, research has focused on the study of risk factors presented by young offenders, and how these relate to criminal recidivism. In present-day research, protective factors have also come into their own, having proven to encourage non-recidivism in young offenders. This paper presents a study carried out with 594 young offenders. The instrument used for assessing risk of recidivism in young offenders was the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth (SAVRY). In the results found here, one can observe how the young offenders who did not reoffend presented a greater level of protective factors than the repeating offenders. The youths with a prior arrest record scored higher in the risk domains than the reoffenders without a prior arrest record. The case of young repeat offenders who already had an arrest record represents a high-risk profile, or a profile of a criminal career. Crimes committed by young people can be isolated incidents in their life. In most youths, criminal behavior does not persist beyond legal age. Protective factors prove to be important in juvenile justice when planning an individualized intervention for the young offender.
在全球范围内，评估年轻人累犯风险的工具在少年司法领域得到广泛应用。传统上，研究主要集中在研究年轻罪犯表现出的风险因素，以及这些因素与犯罪累犯的关系上。在当今的研究中，保护因素也开始发挥作用，事实证明，这些因素可以鼓励年轻罪犯不再累犯。本文介绍了一项对 594 名年轻罪犯进行的研究。用于评估年轻罪犯累犯风险的工具是青少年暴力风险结构化评估工具（SAVRY）。在发现的结果中，可以观察到没有再次犯罪的年轻罪犯比再次犯罪的罪犯表现出更多的保护因素。有先前被捕记录的青少年在风险领域的得分高于没有先前被捕记录的再犯罪者。那些已经有被捕记录的年轻惯犯代表着高风险特征或犯罪生涯特征。年轻人犯罪可能只是他们生活中的孤立事件。在大多数青少年中，犯罪行为不会持续到法定年龄之后。在为年轻罪犯制定个性化干预措施时，保护因素在少年司法中被证明是很重要的。
