@article{ref1,
title="Assessing risk of recidivism among juvenile offenders: the development and validation of the recidivism risk instrument",
journal="Journal of evidence-based social work (2004)",
year="2014",
author="Williams, Lela Rankin and Lecroy, Craig W. and Vivian, John P.",
volume="11",
number="4",
pages="318-327",
abstract="A recidivism risk instrument was developed and validated on a sample of juvenile offenders (N = 1,987) based on the need to classify juveniles by their likelihood of re-offense. Female recidivism (R(2) = 27%) was predicted by younger age at first expulsion from school, history of parent incarceration, gang involvement, felony class offense, and firearm use. Male recidivism (R(2) = 12%) was predicted by younger age at first adjudication, referrals, school suspensions, history of maternal incarceration, firearm use, running away, gang involvement, and destroying property/stealing. Cross-validation analyses indicated that high-risk offenders recidivated at more than five times the rate of low-risk offenders.<p/> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3714",
doi="10.1080/10911359.2014.897100",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2014.897100"
}