Risk Prediction and Re-Offending: Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Offenders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Bonta
Carol LaPrairie
Suzanne Wallace-Capretta
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 39, no. 2, April 1997, pp. [127]-144
Description
Study, which used a sample from Manitoba to determine the validity of Manitoba Risk-Needs Scale, developed for the non-Aboriginal population, found that when applied to Aboriginal offenders, many of the predictors of recidivism were the same.