Predictive validity of the Young Offender Level of Service Inventory for criminal recidivism of male and female young offenders.

164 male and female young offenders were given the Young Offender Level of Service Inventory. Scores from this 76-item risk assessment were used to produce a matched sample of 82 female and 82 male young offenders. Sex did not influence the 1-yr, criminal recidivism rate, a result consistent with other findings.