Citation

Dembo R, Turner G, Schmeidler J, Sue CC, Borden P, Manning D. Subst. Use Misuse 1996; 31(3): 303-322.

Affiliation

Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8834264

Abstract

We report the results of developing and evaluating a classification of high risk youth entering a Juvenile Assessment Center in Hillsborough County, Florida, involving over 2,000 youths processed at the center during its first 8 months of operation. Cluster analysis of the youths' potential problems probed by the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers defined four groups. The usefulness of the typology was supported by a discriminant analysis and by recidivism information. The research implications of these results are discussed.

Language: en