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CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 367-394Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0093854801028003005
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A meta-analysis was conducted to identify risk factors that best predict juvenile recidivism, defined as rearrest for offending of any kind. Twenty-three published studies, representing 15,265 juveniles, met inclusion criteria. Effect sizes were calculated for 30 predictors of recidivism. Eight groups of predictors were compared: (a) demographic information, (b) offense history, (C) family and social factors, (d) educational factors, (e) intellectual and achievement scores, (f) substance use history, (g) clinical factors, and (h) formal risk assessment. The domain of offense history was the strongest predictor of reoffending. Other relatively strong predictors included family problems, ineffective use of leisure time. delinquent peers, conduct problems, and nonsevere pathology.
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