TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Classifying offenders an application of latent class analysis to needs assessment in juvenile justice
JO  - Youth violence and juvenile justice
A1  - Schwalbe, Craig S.
A1  - Macy, Rebecca J.
A1  - Day, Steven H.
A1  - Fraser, Mark W.
SP  - 279
EP  - 294
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1541-2040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204007313383
ID  - ref1
ER  -