Thus, the findings of the risk assessment process can have serious consequences for the individual offender as well as public safety. Historically, instruments used for the assessment of violence risk in juveniles have been actuarial in nature, focusing on the prediction of risk with little ...
Risk assessment instruments are increasingly employed by juvenile justice settings to estimate the likelihood of recidivism among delinquent juveniles. In concert with their increased use, validation studies documenting their predictive validity have increased in number. The purpose of this study was to ...
The fire service, because of its role in fire suppression and investigation, is often the initial contact for these juveniles. This study examined the characteristics, operations, and utility of the Handbook's assessment instruments. Findings were that while programs operate according to FEMA's ...
Very few risk assessment tools exist, which incorporate and address the developmental considerations necessary for use with adolescents. Although more than 50 years of research in the field of behavioral sciences has identified the key risk factors for violent offending in juveniles (Borum, 2000, ...
The most vulnerable defendants are those who fail to provide adequate assessment and protection for patients at acute risk, but I am continually amazed at the number of both acutely and chronically suicidal patients who don't receive the psychotherapy that could really help them, could lower their...
The most vulnerable defendants are those who fail to provide adequate assessment and protection for patients at acute risk, but I am continually amazed at the number of both acutely and chronically suicidal patients who don't receive the psychotherapy that could really help them, could lower their...
For example, a 1 m high dam in a stream with a natural slope of 2 ‰ (0.002) creates and impoundment of about 500 m length. 15.3.1.2Impact Assessment of Habitat Loss Due to Impoundments We consider the total sum of lengths of all impounded sections of a river relative to the remainin...
This especially becomes evident when the performance of other risk assessment instruments is taken into account, such as instruments for assessing the risk of child maltreatment (average AUC = 0.681; Van der Put et al., 2017) and instruments for assessing the risk of juvenile delinquency (average...
There were no significant differences in the rates of comorbid diagnoses between probands and TS-affected relatives when controlling for age at assessment (eTable 4 in the Supplement); therefore, subsequent analyses combined these groups. Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders OCD and ADHD The ...
The first diet risks assessment for the general population. Environ Res 187:109677 Corcoran PL, Biesinger MC, Grifi M (2009) Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship. Mar Pollut Bull 58:80–84 Courtene-Jones W, Quinn B, Murphy F, Gary SF, Narayanaswamy BE (2017) Optimisation of ...