Predicting Return to Prison Among Adolescent Males: A Comparison of Three Statistics

• NCJ Number: 121369
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Dated: (1989) Pages: 487-499
• Author(s): B B Benda
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This prediction study compared three statistical procedures for predictive accuracy using a criterion of return to Wisconsin training schools among first-admissions to these prisons for youthful offenders.

Abstract

Comparing logit analysis, predictive attribute analysis, and a Burgess method, this study found no clear superiority in prediction among these statistics; however, there were dimensions of these classifications in which one statistical procedure was more predictive than another. Some implications of prediction are discussed. (Author abstract)