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 Prediction and Risk/Needs Assessment
NCJ Number
              243976

Author(s)
          Carrie  Mulford
Date Published

May 2014
Length
              2 pages
Publication Series
          OJJDP Justice Research Series
Annotation
              This research bulletin discusses predicting and assessing risk for criminal behavior among young adults.
Abstract
              The bulletin summarizes findings from Bulletin 3: Prediction and Risk/Needs Assessment, one of a series of papers prepared for the Transitions from Juvenile Delinquency to Adult Crime study group. In order to predict and assess an individual's risk for criminal behavior, practitioners need to consider risk factors - those factors that increase the likelihood that youth will engage in delinquency, needs factors - risk factors that could be changed in order to reduce the likelihood that youth will engage in delinquency, and protective factors - the characteristics of youth and their circumstances that can protect them from engaging in criminal behavior. The standardized assessment tools that practitioners can use to conduct risk/needs assessments are unstructured clinical assessments, actuarial decisionmaking, static/dynamic actuarial measures, and structured professional judgment. The bulletin also summarizes the results of research comparing 12 standardized assessment tools used for assessing risk in youths and adults. Implications for policy and practice are discussed.
      
  
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        2008-IJ-CX-K402


  
  
        
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        OJJDP
                                NIJ


  
  
        
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        Report (Summary)


  
  
        
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        Study Group on Violence and Serious Offending in Late Adolescence and Young Adulthood
    
  
  
Date Published: May 1, 2014
    
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