NCJ Number
121707
Journal
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology Volume: 33 Issue: 3 Dated: (December 1989) Pages: 177-183
Date Published
1989
Length
9 pages
Annotation
A 10 to 25 year follow-up, of two randomly selected groups of previously adjudicated delinquents from two Pennsylvania counties, reveals that the longer the elapsed time between first contact with the juvenile justice system and adjudication -- the worse the prognosis for a criminal conviction in adult life.
Abstract
In both counties, those delinquent youth who were adjudicated at first juvenile court referral had significantly lower rates of adult conviction than those delinquent youth who were adjudicated at later referral. The type of adjudication disposition (probation vs. placement) did not make a difference in adult outcome. 3 tables, 9 references. (Author abstract)