Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …

Serious juvenile offenders present high recidivism rates. Much research focus on the
processes of desistance from crime in adult populations. However, much less is known …

The Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) is an actuarial
instrument designed to assist the professional in evaluating risk for violent and nonviolent …

In our attempts to understand crime, researchers typically focus on proximate factors such as
the psychology of offenders, their developmental history, and the social structure in which …

Most people engage in crime at some point in their lives, but why does almost everybody
stop soon after? And, why do a small number of offenders persist in crime? These two …

This handbook promotes a comprehensive strategy founded on evidence-based
programming for juvenile justice systems to adopt or enhance their current system. The …

Purpose Conceptually, foster care placement is an important risk factor for serious and
violent offending. Empirically, little is known about the role of foster care placement on …

The risk–need–responsivity (RNR) model is a framework for analyzing the conditions
contributing to criminal behaviors and a guide for assessment and intervention efforts …

We know that the best predictor of future criminal behavior is past criminal behavior (Robins,
1966). There is thus a striking degree of continuity in this form of behavior over time. At the …

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, das kriminalprognostische Potenzial von
Jugendhilfeunterlagen zu erforschen. Im Rahmen der theoretisch und empirisch basierten …