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Overcoming Sisyphus: Effective Prediction of Mental Health Disorders and Recidivism Among Delinquents

Volume 70 Number 2
Date: 
September 2006
Abstract: 

The authors discuss the implications of their review of commonly used risk and mental health needs assessment tools in juvenile corrections in relation to 1) safety of the community and 2) rehabilitation (and clinical treatment) of individual juvenile offenders.