Recidivism among juvenile parolees
| Autor: | Lawrence Litwack, Robert Sakata |
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| Rok vydání: | 1971 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent medicine.medical_treatment Adaptation Psychological medicine Juvenile delinquency Juvenile Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychiatry Child General Psychology Rehabilitation Recidivism Descriptive statistics Incidence (epidemiology) 05 social sciences Age Factors 050301 education Test (assessment) Predictive power Juvenile Delinquency Psychology 0503 education 050104 developmental & child psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Psychological reports. 29(2) |
| ISSN: | 0033-2941 |
| Popis: | Summary.-The examination of 16 descriptive characteristics as a means of separating the recidivists from nonrecidivists suggested: (1) age at commicrnent and age at parole appear significant in potential prediction of recidivism and (2) poor adjustment to general instirutional rules appears to have value in predicting recidivism. The incidence of recidivism among juvenile parolees released from correctional treatment facilities has consistently frustrated treatment ceams faced with planning and implementing rehabilitation of the juveniles. The examination of recidivism among both adult and juvenile offenders has been of recent origin. The majority of the studies published to dace provide only descriptive data and limited direction for the resolution of problems with recidivism. Descriptive characteristics of juveniles found in correctional institutions which appear to differentiate che recidivist from the nonrecidivisc are age, placement after parole, type of offense, behavior in the institution, length of stay in the institution, and the nurcber of previous offenses1 (Weeks & Ritchie, 1956; Felstrom, 1960; Gould & Beverly, 1963; Sappingcon 8: Zeglen, 1964; Townsend, 1964; Glaser & O'Leary, 1946). The use of discriminating descriptive characteristics to predict recidivism has been rare' (Berlin, 1958; Laulicht, 1962; Schwiczgebel, 1966). One recent study, however, attempted to use the descriptive characteristics as a means of separating the recidivist from the nonrecidivist. Litwack (1961) examined the descriptive characteristics which appeared to differentiate significantly between recidivists and nonrecidiviscs: height, mother's age at the time of juvenile's commitment, age arrived at training inscitucion, number of times in the discipline cottage, age at time of parole, and parolled to school or work. Litwack and Hebert (1967) reported that four of the characteristics reported by Litwack have predictive value in identifying recidivists: number of times in the discipline cottage, parolled to school or work, mother's age at time of commitment, and own age at time of firsc commitment. The four potential predictors of recidivism were never tested to verify their accuracy. Reluctance co accept the predictive power of the four characteristics idencified by Litwack and Hebert (1967) provided the main impetus for the present study. The intent of the present srudy was to repeat their procedures. An attempt to test the relative predictability of the four characterisics against other |
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