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Juvenile decertification: Developing a model for classification and prediction
Criminal Justice and Behavior (2005)
  • Geoffrey Marczyk
  • Kirk Heilbrun
  • Tammy Lander
  • David DeMatteo
Abstract
This study considers the impact of data from the Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV), the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (MAYSI), and the Youth Level of Service Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) on the court’s decision whether to decertify an adolescent defendant back to juvenile court or keep the defendant in criminal court. There are significant positive relationships between certification status and age; number of violent charges; total charges; PCL:YV, YLS/CMI, and MAYSI total scores; and select subscales of the MAYSI and the YLS/CMI. Significant differences are found between those who remained in the adult criminal justice system and those who were decertified to the juvenile justice system for age, YLS/CMI total score, and the Prior and Current Offenses and Dispositions and Personality and Behavior subscales of the YLS/CMI. The combination of PCL:YV total score and select subscales from the MAYSI and YLS/CMI provided the most accurate model for predicting certification status.
Keywords
  • juvenile decertification,
  • classification,
  • prediction,
  • psychopathy,
  • risk factors
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Publication Date
2005
Citation Information
Geoffrey Marczyk, Kirk Heilbrun, Tammy Lander and David DeMatteo. "Juvenile decertification: Developing a model for classification and prediction" Criminal Justice and Behavior Vol. 32 (2005)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_dematteo/9/