Predicting Juvenile Recidivism: New Method, Old Problems

• NCJ Number: 109765
• Journal: Adolescence Volume: 22 Issue: 87 Dated: (Fall 1987) Pages: 691-704
• Author(s): B B Benda
• Date Published: 1987
• Length: 14 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-NI-AZ-0012
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored

Annotation

This prediction study compared three statistical procedures for accuracy using two assessment methods.

Abstract

The criterion is to return to a juvenile prison after the first release, and the models tested are logit analysis, predictive attribute analysis, and a Burgess procedure. No significant differences are found between statistics in prediction. (Publisher abstract)