TY - BOOK ID - 80834932 TI - Gender-Responsive Risk Assessment in Corrections. PY - 2014 SN - 9781593327903 1593327900 9781593327637 PB - El Paso LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC DB - UniCat KW - Female offenders KW - Community-based corrections KW - Recidivism KW - Delinquent women KW - Offenders, Female KW - Women KW - Women criminals KW - Women offenders KW - Criminals KW - Offenses, Repeat KW - Repeat offenses KW - Crime KW - Rehabilitation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80834932 AB - Risk assessment in corrections allows practitioners to not only predict the likelihood of success for an offender and to identify areas to target for reduced risk. Such targets are argued to be different for men and women (Bloom, Owen & Covington, 2003). Bell examines the predictive validity of the Women's Risk/Needs Assessment on a sample of women and a sample of men. Results indicate that there are differences in the prevalence, co-occurrence, and predictive validity of risk/needs and strengths for men and women. Results support prior studies regarding gender-neutral risk assessment for male ER -