Subgroup differences and implications for contemporary risk-need assessment with juvenile offenders

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 345-355

  Thompson, Anthony P ^a   McGrath, Andrew ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

juvenile offending; risk assessment; Youth Level of Service Inventory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHECKLIST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84871903500     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0093930     Document Type: Article

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