Predictors of Recidivism to a Juvenile Assessment Center

Richard Dembo Department of Criminology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620

Glenn Turner College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620

Camiile Chin Sue Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 33620

James Schmeidler Departments of Psychiatry and Biomathematical Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 110th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, 10029

Polly Borden Information Technology Consultant, Indian Rocks Beach, Florida, 34635

Darrell Manning Agency for Community Treatment Services, Juvenile Assessment Center, 8620 N. Dixon Avenue, Tampa, Florida, 33604

Abstract

We report the results of a study of the predictors of recidivism to a Juvenile Assessment Center in Hillsborough County, Florida, involving over 2,000 youths processed at the center during its first 8 months of operation. Consistent with previous research, younger aged youths, youths with abuse or neglect historics, with previous arrests for property, violence, or drug offenses, with potential vocational, leisure-recreation, and family problems, or who were arrested on property felony charges were likely to recidivate. The program activity and policy implications of these results are discussed.

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