A comparative study of adolescent risk assessment instruments: Predictive and incremental validity

Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-115

  Welsh, Jennifer L ^a   Schmidt, Fred ^a   McKinnon, Lauren ^b   Chattha, H K ^a   Meyers, Joanna R ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Children's Centre Thunder Bay

Author keywords

Adolescent; Incremental validity; Predictive validity; Recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOPATHY; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 38549092446     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191107307966     Document Type: Article

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