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Risk and need assessment of juvenile offenders

dc.contributor.authorJung, Sandy
dc.contributor.authorRawana, Edward
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-09
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-27T01:15:04Z
dc.date.available2022-05-27T01:15:04Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe validity of a newly developed probation risk and need assessment instrument, the Ministry Risk/Need Assessment Form (MRNAF), was evaluated in a medium-sized Canadian city over-represented by Native Canadians. In the present study, 263 young offenders were assessed on the MRNAF. At 6 months, 250 youths were followed-up to determine if they had offended subsequent to their initial assessment. Results indicated that the total risk/need score and all of the eight risk/need factors could discriminate between recidivists and nonrecidivists. Moreover, despite some differences between Native and non-Native youths and between male and female youths, the ethnicity and sex of young offenders were inconsequential with regards to the instrument's prediction of recidivism. Therefore, the findings support MRNAF as a robust risk/need assessment instrument to ethnicity and sex.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/865
dc.identifier.citationJUNG, S., & RAWANA, E. P. (1999). Risk and Need Assessment of Juvenile Offenders. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 26(1), 69–89. https://doi.org/10.1177/009385489902600100
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/009385489902600100
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/508
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectYoung offenders
dc.subjectRisk analysis
dc.subjectJuvenile delinquency
dc.subjectCriminal justice
dc.titleRisk and need assessment of juvenile offendersen
dc.typeArticle

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