Risk Prediction and Assessment of Intervention, Re-education and Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders: Development and Psychometric Properties of the PREVI-A

José Luis Graña Gómez; Román Ronzón-Tirado; José Manuel Andreu Rodríguez; María Elena de la Peña Fernández

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.896573

Risk Prediction and Assessment of Intervention, Re-education and Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders: Development and Psychometric Properties of the PREVI-A

Front Psychol. 2022 Jun 20:13:896573. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.896573. eCollection 2022.

Authors

José Luis Graña Gómez¹, Román Ronzón-Tirado², José Manuel Andreu Rodríguez¹, María Elena de la Peña Fernández¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Personality, Assessment and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
² Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

This paper proposes and analyzes the psychometric properties of the PREVI-A scale (Predicción del Riesgo y Valoración de la Intervención en la ARRMI--Risk Prediction and Intervention Assessment in the ARRMI). It describes the process of item development, the factorial structure of the scale, reliability, evidence of validity and diagnostic performance with regard to recidivism risk in juvenile offenders. The sample was made up of 212 juvenile offenders held at detention centers run by the Madrid Agency for Reeducation and Reintegration of Juvenile Offenders, a regional government body. Statistical analyses were used to corroborate the theoretical factorial structure of the PREVI-A, which consists of six risk/protection dimensions (64 items) based on the Risk-Needs-Responsivity Model, and to obtain empirical support for the reliability and validity of PREVI-A as a tool to assess the risk of recidivism by juvenile offenders in Spain.

Keywords: case management; delinquency; juvenile offender; recidivism; risk assessment.