Classifying juvenile offenders according to risk of recidivism: Predictive validity, race/ethnicity, and gender

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-324

  Schwalbe, Craig S ^a   Fraser, Mark W ^b   Day, Steven H ^b   Cooley, Valerie ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Juvenile court; Juvenile justice; Risk assessment; Structured decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646404618     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854806286451     Document Type: Review

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