A Large Number of Juvenile Courts Do Not Utilize, or Correctly

question 6

True/False

A large number of juvenile courts do not utilize, or correctly apply, empirically supported structured screening or assessment tools, sometimes relying on practice wisdom or intuition to determine the risk a youth poses to the community or whether the youth is amenable to system alternatives.

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