A meta-analysis of juvenile justice risk assessment instruments: Predictive validity by gender

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1367-1381

  Schwalbe, Craig S ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Juvenile courts; Juvenile justice system; Prediction; Recidivism; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749114106     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808324377     Document Type: Article

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