title: Development and evaluation of a classification of high risk youths entering a juvenile assessment center.
abstract: We report the results of developing and evaluating a classification of high risk youth entering a Juvenile Assessment Center in Hillsborough County, Florida, involving over 2,000 youths processed at the center during its first 8 months of operation. Cluster analysis of the youths' potential problems probed by the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers defined four groups. The usefulness of the typology was supported by a discriminant analysis and by recidivism information. The research implications of these results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33620, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dembo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmeidler
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Sue
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borden
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manning
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000145:classification* / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation