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The goal of this volume is to show how standardized psychological assessments can be used to enhance the quality of decisions made about young people in the juvenile justice system. Standardized psychological assessments are those with fixed formats and for which psychometric data are available. They include individual assessment instruments, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory (MMPI), as well as more comprehensive assessment procedures, such as the Conceptual Level Matching Model. We will discuss the nature of these assessments in more detail in later chapters.
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Hoge, R.D., Andrews, D.A. (1996). Conceptual and Theoretical Background. In: Assessing the Youthful Offender. Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology Library. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9296-6_1
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