Accepted legal applications of actuarial testing and delinquency interventions: Examples of savings in real-life situations

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 339-362

  Zagar, Robert John ^a   Zagar, Agata Karolina ^a   Bartikowski, Boris ^b   Busch, Kenneth G ^c   Stark, Randall ^d  

^a Consultant to Juvenile Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County ^*

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d Rusin Maciorowski and Friedman Attorneys at Law   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CRIME; ECONOMICS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCOME; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INCOME; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PERSONALITY TESTS; VIOLENCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 66849096083     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.1.339-362     Document Type: Article

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