North carolina assessment of risk (NCAR): Reliability and predictive validity with juvenile offenders

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Schwalbe, Craig S ^a   Fraser, Mark W ^b   Day, Steven H ^b   Arnold, Elizabeth Mayfield ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Gender; Juvenile justice; Race; Recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744516224     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v40n01_01     Document Type: Article

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