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Classifying Offenders: An Application of Latent Class Analysis to Needs Assessment in Juvenile Justice
Craig S. Schwalbe*,
Rebecca J. Macy,
Steven H. Day,
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Mark W. Fraser
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: css2109{at}columbia.edu.
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Structured needs assessment instruments aid in-service planning in the juvenile justice system. This article uses latent class analysis to classify juvenile offenders into categories or types based on need profiles using a sample of 542 youthful offenders. The study identified five profiles based on scores from a structured needs assessment instrument.
First published on April 15, 2008, doi:10.1177/1541204007313383
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice 2008;6:279.
A more recent version of this article appeared on July 1, 2008

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