Juvenile Risk and Needs Assessment

Name: Juvenile Risk and Needs Assessment
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Juvenile Risk and Needs AssessmentTheory, Research, Policy, and Practice\nAuthor(s): Christopher J. Sullivan, Kristina K. Childs\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367422776, 978-0367422776\nSynopsis\nThis book takes a comprehensive, analytic approach to understanding Juvenile Risk and Needs Assessment (JRNA), covering elements relevant to how the practice affects youths cases and the juvenile justice system. The work draws on both analysis of the extensive research on risk and needs assessment in the juvenile justice system as well as data from the authors recent work in the area.\n\nAuthors Sullivan and Childs have extensive experience in teaching about and doing research on the juvenile justice system, including multiple studies on juvenile risk and needs assessment tools and their implementation. This expansive, integrative book leaves readers with a realistic sense of \""where things stand\"" on the theory, rese.