Assessing the Risk of Offending Conference 24/02/2010 Siobhan Young IYJS

Overview  Assessing Risk and Need  Risk and Protective Factors  Better Outcomes  Risk Assessments  Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory 2 (YLS/CMI 2)

Assessing the Risk of Offending  Assessing risk and need Health Education Justice

Risk and Protective Factors  Individual  Family  School  Community

What do we want?  To create a safer society by working in partnership to reduce youth offending through appropriate interventions and linkages into services

Better Outcomes  Children will be: Healthy Supported in active learning Secure in the environment Economically secure Safe from harm Part of positive networks Included and participating in society

Risk  Risk of offending / re-offending  Risk of harm to others  Risk of harm to young person

Different tools assess different risk  General risk of offending Asset (Youth Justice Board, 2000) Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory YLS/CMI (Hoge and Andrews, 2002; 2010)  Risk of violence Structured Assessment of Youth Violence Risk SAVRY (Borum et al, 2002) Assessment Intervention and Moving-On Framework AIM (Print et al, 2000)

YLS/CMI: Principles  Risk  Need  Responsivity  Professional Judgement

YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010)  Assessment of Risks and Needs 1. Prior and Current Offences 2. Family Circumstances / Parenting 3. Education / Employment 4. Peer Relations 5. Substance Abuse 6. Leisure / Recreation 7. Personality / Behaviour 8. Attitudes / Orientation

YLS / CMI 2 (Hoge and Andrews 2010) 1. Assessment of Risk and Needs 2. Summary of Risks and Needs 3. Assessment of Other Needs 4. Your Assessment of the Young Person’s Risk / Need Level 5. Contact Level 6. Case Management Plan 7. Case Management Review Assessment of Risks and Needs

Why use the YLS/CMI?  Best practice  Standardise practice  Systematic collection of information  Inform decision making

Final Thoughts  Risk Assessment Only as good as the action that follows Cannot stand alone Dynamic Must be supported by effective information sharing across agencies