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This version was published on July 1, 2008
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, Vol. 6, No. 3, 279-294 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1541204007313383

Classifying Offenders

An Application of Latent Class Analysis to Needs Assessment in Juvenile Justice

Craig S. Schwalbe

Columbia University School of Social Work, css2109{at}columbia.edu

Rebecca J. Macy

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Steven H. Day

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mark W. Fraser

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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.

Key Words: juvenile justice • structured decision making • needs assessment • delinquency


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