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Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County Probation System
Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2005
On June 2, 2000, the Los Angeles County Probation Department entered into a settlement agreement with the Black Probation Officers Association in response to a civil suit. As part of the settlement, the Department was required to allocate resources internally based on the administration of a risk and needs instrument to its juvenile probationers.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Delinquency, Test Validity, Risk
Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County Probation System. Summary
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Turner, Susan; Fain, Terry; Sehgal, Amber – RAND Corporation, 2005
The RAND Corporation was asked by the Los Angeles County Probation Department to provide assistance in the validation of a risk/needs assessment and Strength-Based Assessment Instrument to be used to objectively measure the risk and needs of minors in Los Angeles County referred to the Probation Department. RAND surveyed existing instruments,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Delinquency, Test Validity, Risk