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Predictors Of Placement From A Juvenile Detention Facility, Diane C. Brock, Anneva E. Lenz, Ann C. Houston, Richard R. Munn, David F. Parks
Predictors Of Placement From A Juvenile Detention Facility, Diane C. Brock, Anneva E. Lenz, Ann C. Houston, Richard R. Munn, David F. Parks
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The purpose of this project was to determine whether certain personal, socioeconomic, and court-related factors are significantly related to the differential placement of delinquent and dependent children from the detention facility at the Donald E. Long Home. A stratified random sample was composed of 173 placements of children who were held in detention after a preliminary hearing.
The review of literature revealed that little systematic. Information is known regarding the placement process as it is related to differential placement of children from a detention facility.
A code sheet was developed for recording the information in the children’s records maintained by …