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Assessment in Juvenile Justice Systems: An Overview

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The assessment process involves the collection, processing, and synthesis of information about the individual. The outcome of the assessment is generally expressed as a judgment or opinion which may, in turn, be expressed as a categorization (e.g., bipolar depression, autistic, high risk for violent offending) or as a position on a quantitative scale (e.g., 76 percentile on measure of spatial ability, 80% likelihood of reoffending). Formal and informal assessments are conducted in juvenile justice systems by police, prosecuting attorneys, probation officers, mental health professionals, and others, and these assessments are used as the basis for important decisions about the youth.

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Hoge, R.D. (2012). Assessment in Juvenile Justice Systems: An Overview. In: Grigorenko, E. (eds) Handbook of Juvenile Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0905-2_11

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