An Examination of the Inter-Rater Reliability and Rater Accuracy of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory

Authors

Ryan M. Labrecque, Portland State UniversityFollow
Christopher M. Campbell, Portland State UniversityFollow
Jaycee Elliott, Portland State UniversityFollow
Megan King, Portland State University
Molly Christmann, Portland State UniversityFollow
Kari Page, Portland State University
John McVay, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
Katie Roller, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice

Published In

Corrections

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

Correctional agencies use risk assessment instruments for a wide range of purposes, including to help classify, manage, and treat offenders. The literature on offender risk assessment largely focuses on assessing for predictive accuracy, and far less research examines reliability in scoring. This study adds to this gap in knowledge by assessing how reliably and accurately a group of trained raters score one particular risk assessment tool, the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI). Findings reveal an adequate to strong level of inter-rater reliability across the domains of the LS/CMI. These results also suggest there is a wide range of rater accuracy across the items and domains of the LS/CMI. The policy and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

Description

© 2018 Taylor & Francis

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1080/23774657.2017.1323253

DOI

10.1080/23774657.2017.1323253

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33561

Citation Details

Labrecque, R. M., Campbell, C. M., Elliott, J., King, M., Christmann, M., Page, K., ... & Roller, K. (2018). An Examination of the Inter-Rater Reliability and Rater Accuracy of the Level of Service/Case Management Inventory. Corrections, 3(2), 105-118.