Title Recidivism among juvenile offenders : an analysis of times to reappearance in court / Carlos Carcach and Simon Leverett

Published Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1999

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Description vi, 25 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Research and public policy series / Australian Institute of Criminology, 1326-6004 ; no. 17 Research and public policy series ; no. 17 Contents Problems associated with measuring recidivism -- Data and methods -- An analysis of the factors associated with reconviction among juvenile offenders -- Model and modelling issues -- Discussion of main results Summary This report focuses on one aspect of recidivism - time to reoffend - among a cohort of juveniles with a proven court appearance in New South Wales. An analysis of this group showed that age of onset and a history of previous court appearances are the main correlates of time to recidivism. - Cf. AIC Notes "... discusses the results from an analysis of times to recidivism among juvenile offenders appearing in New South Wales courts. We selected a cohort of juveniles who had a proven court appearance in New South Wales at any time between 1 July 1992 and 30 June 1993 and followed them up during 60 months until 30 June 1997."--p. 1 Bibliography Bibliographical references: pages 24-25 Notes Also available on the Internet at: http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/17/full_report.pdf Australian Institute of Criminology 1999 Subject Cohort analysis. Juvenile delinquency -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Statistics. Juvenile recidivists -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Statistics. Juvenile recidivists -- Australia -- New South Wales. Recidivism -- Australia -- New South Wales. Genre/Form Statistics. Author Leverett, Simon. Australian Institute of Criminology. LC no. 00363475 ISBN 0642241139

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