Children living in homes where intimate partner violence occurs are often exposed to such
violence through witnessing, seeing its effects, hearing about it, or otherwise being made …

Background Every day, hundreds of thousands of youth cycle in and out of state and local
juvenile justice systems throughout the country. They are seen in probation offices, juvenile …

Growing evidence regarding the gender-specific nature of risk/needs factors in girls coming
to the attention of the juvenile court is contrasted with the limited availability of gender …

This study examined the predictive validity of the Australian Adaptation of the Youth Level of
Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI-AA). The focus was on the subcomponents …

School absenteeism and dropout can have long-term detrimental consequences for young
people. It is empirically established that children exposed to positive family processes (PFP) …

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a new
beginning. The end is where we start from. TS Eliot, Little Gidding All books, like everything …

The developmental phase and preliminary psychometric data are reported for an Australian
adaptation of an assessment inventory for juvenile offenders. Specifically, the Australian …

This study compared the validity of structured versus unstructured risk predictions. Fourteen
Juvenile Justice Officers (JJOs) provided 121 risk-need inventory assessments for offending …

The present study examined the risks and needs of status offenders in comparison to an at-
large juvenile court sample, with specific attention paid to factors related to gender and …

This article examines the prediction of recidivism using the Global Risk Assessment Device
(GRAD), a reliable and valid measure of dynamic factors associated with family …