Dynamic developmental risk factors and juvenile risk-need assessments in Japan

Akihiro Nasu, Eiji Saito, Kyoko Harada, Ayako Sasaki, Masato Hattori and Takemi Mori

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2025, vol. 98, issue C

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Ministry of Justice Case Assessment tool (MJCA); Juvenile offender; Risk-need assessment; Developmental risk factors; Recidivism; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2025.102433

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