Juvenile Risk Assessments Are a Best Practice—But Do They Actually Work? What the Data Say About Eight Risk Assessments From Across the United States

Juvenile Risk Assessments Are a Best Practice—But Do They Actually Work? What the Data Say About Eight Risk Assessments From Across the United States
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National Council on Crime and Delinquency
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NCCD has released new graphics that display important data on the effectiveness of risk assessments used in juvenile justice systems around the country. These charts come from NCCD’s study of eight risk assessments in 10 jurisdictions in consultation with an advisory board of juvenile justice researchers and developers of commercial risk assessment systems. In response to concerns voiced by juvenile justice practitioners and researchers about the classification and predictive validity of several risk assessments, NCCD conducted a multisite study that compared the assessments’ predictive validity, reliability, equity, and costs.

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