Applying a generic juvenile risk assessment instrument to a local context: Some practical and theoretical lessons

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-580

  Miller, Joel ^a   Lin, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial; Clinical judgment; Family court; Juvenile recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548527031     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128706293689     Document Type: Article

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