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The assessment of risk to recidivate among a juvenile offending population

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The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has implemented a new fourth-generation risk/need assessment to assess the risk to re-offend for juveniles referred to the department. The new assessment, the Positive Achievement Change Tool, or PACT, is adapted from the validated Washington State Juvenile Court Assessment, on which the Youth Assessment Screening Inventory (YASI) was also modeled. This study validated the PACT assessment, and examined whether the instrument is as predictive of female delinquency as it is of male delinquency, utilizing subsequent official delinquency referral as the dependent measure. Gender differences were explored and illustrated the instrument to be effective in predicting female and male delinquency, yet the factors predicting female delinquency did not mimic those predictive of male delinquency. Furthermore, for both male and female juveniles, a score of environmental and personal characteristics and situations had a stronger relationship with recidivism than did a score of official criminal history.

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  • Baglivio, Michael T., 2009. "The assessment of risk to recidivate among a juvenile offending population," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 596-607, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:37:y::i:6:p:596-607
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    1. Rembert, David A. & Threadcraft-Walker, Whitney & Henderson, Howard & Jackson, Robin, 2018. "Predicting youth assault and institutional danger in juvenile correctional facilities," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 47-55.
    2. Lee, JoAnn S. & Taxman, Faye S., 2020. "Using latent class analysis to identify the complex needs of youth on probation," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 115(C).
    3. Wolff, Kevin T. & Baglivio, Michael T. & Intravia, Jonathan & Piquero, Alex R., 2015. "The protective impact of immigrant concentration on juvenile recidivism: A statewide analysis of youth offenders," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 43(6), pages 522-531.
    4. Onifade, Eyitayo & Barnes, Ashlee & Campbell, Christina & Anderson, Valerie & Petersen, Jodi & Davidson, William, 2014. "Juvenile offenders and experiences of neglect: The validity of the YLS/CMI with dual-status youth," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 112-119.
    5. Jennings, Wesley G. & Gonzalez, Jennifer Reingle & Piquero, Alex R. & Bird, Hector & Canino, Glorisa & Maldonado-Molina, Mildred, 2016. "The nature and relevance of risk and protective factors for violence among Hispanic children and adolescents: Results from the Boricua Youth Study," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 41-47.
    6. DeLisi, Matt & Piquero, Alex R., 2011. "New frontiers in criminal careers research, 2000-2011: A state-of-the-art review," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 39(4), pages 289-301, July.
    7. Wolff, Kevin T. & Baglivio, Michael T. & Intravia, Jonathan, 2022. "Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), psychotropic medication prescription, and continued offending among youth with serious offending histories in juvenile justice residential placement," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

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