Optimizing Youth Risk Assessment Performance: Development of the Modified Positive Achievement Change Tool in Washington State

The Positive Achievement Change Tool (PACT) was developed in 1997 using a theoretical construction of items, responses, and weights. While derived from an original tool created for a Washington State probation population, the risk-need assessment is one of the most widely used youth tools utilized t...

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Authors: Hamilton, Zachary K. 1979- (Author) ; Kigerl, Alex (Author) ; Kowalski, Melissa A. (Author) ; Routh, Douglas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2019
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2019, Volume: 46, Issue: 8, Pages: 1106-1127
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Risk assessment
Predictive validity
Recidivism
Justice-involved youth
Juvenile justice