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Dynamic developmental risk factors and juvenile risk-need assessments in Japan
This study aims to identify the risk-need of juveniles referred to the Juvenile Training School (JTS) in Japan (n = 924; research 1), to examine changes in dynamic risk factors through rehabilitation in JTS (research 2), to clarify relationship between reassessment and recidivism after release (research 3), by analyzing longitudinal data collected by an assessment tool called Ministry-of-Justice-Case-Assessment-tool (MJCA) in Japan.
Research 1 showed the risk-need of juveniles in JTS were higher than the control group. Research 2 revealed the dynamic risk factors had reduced through institutional treatment at JTS. Research 3 suggested juveniles reducing dynamic risk factors were less likely to reoffend. Moreover, the predictive validity of MJCA was maintained from the initial assessment through reassessment.
Based on the classical developmental model of delinquency, most juveniles in JTS are supposed to be at high-risk for developing a criminal career. However, recent surveys in Japan and the results mentioned above suggest they would not necessarily repeat offenses throughout their lives.
Hence, it is crucial to properly assess risk and needs of juveniles using MJCA, and provide high-risk juveniles at peak-age of offending with opportunity for an intensive treatment towards reentry. This would help to prevent these high-risk juveniles from becoming Life-Course-Persistent offenders.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Criminal Justice is an international journal intended to fill the present need for the dissemination of new information, ideas and methods, to both practitioners and academicians in the criminal justice area. The Journal is concerned with all aspects of the criminal justice system in terms of their relationships to each other. Although materials are presented relating to crime and the individual elements of the criminal justice system, the emphasis of the Journal is to tie together the functioning of these elements and to illustrate the effects of their interactions. Articles that reflect the application of new disciplines or analytical methodologies to the problems of criminal justice are of special interest.
Since the purpose of the Journal is to provide a forum for the dissemination of new ideas, new information, and the application of new methods to the problems and functions of the criminal justice system, the Journal emphasizes innovation and creative thought of the highest quality.