NCJ Number
38691
Date Published
1973
Length
7 pages
Annotation
EIGHT FACTORS WERE IDENTIFIED FROM AVAILABLE DATA AS SIGNIFICANT IN DETERMINING THE PROBABILITY THAT YOUTHS, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY, WOULD ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM YOUTH TRAINING CENTRES IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.
Abstract
THEY ARE HIS AGE, WITH WHOM HE WAS LIVING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE ADMISSION, AGE WHEN HE LEFT SCHOOL, LAST LEVEL OF SCHOOL ATTENDED, EMPLOYMENT, LONGEST TIME IN A JOB, NUMBER OF KNOWN PREVIOUS OFFENSES, AND HIS HISTORY OF WARDSHIP.