Citation

Schwalbe CS, Macy RJ, Day SH, Fraser MW. Youth Violence Juv. Justice 2008; 6(3): 279-294.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541204007313383

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Structured needs assessment instruments aid in-service planning in the juvenile justice system. This article uses latent class analysis to classify juvenile offenders into categories or types based on need profiles using a sample of 542 youthful offenders. The study identified five profiles based on scores from a structured needs assessment instrument.

Language: en