Journal article
Juvenile Decertification: Developing a Model for Classification and Prediction
Criminal justice and behavior, v 32(3), pp 278-301
Jun 2005
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Abstract
This study considers the impact of data from the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV), the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI), and the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) on the court’s decision whether to decertify an adolescent defendant back to juvenile court or keep the defendant in criminal court. There are significant positive relationships between certification status and age; number of violent charges; total charges; PCL:YV, YLS/CMI, and MAYSI total scores; and select subscales of the MAYSI and the YLS/CMI. Significant differences are found between those who remained in the adult criminal justice system and those who were decertified to the juvenile justice system for age, YLS/CMI total score, and the Prior and Current Offenses and Dispositions and Personality and Behavior subscales of the YLS/CMI. The combination of PCL:YV total score and select subscales from the MAYSI and YLS/CMI provided the most accurate model for predicting certification status.
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- Title
- Juvenile Decertification
- Creators
- Geoffrey R Marczyk - Widener University, The Institute for Graduate Clinical PsychologyKirk Heilbrun - Drexel University and Villanova School of LawTammy Lander - Drexel University and Villanova School of LawDavid Dematteo - Treatment Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Criminal justice and behavior, v 32(3), pp 278-301
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000229017700002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-19944416261
- Other Identifier
- 991014877773904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Criminology & Penology
- Psychology, Clinical