Processing
SHO-CAP Juveniles
In two related projects, the Justice Center collected
and analyzed data from the records of juveniles who were identified
as serious habitual offenders in 1988. The criteria established
for identification of SHO-CAP (Serious Habitual Offender Comprehensive
Action Program) juveniles were:
- three adjudicated offenses in 12 months, one of which is
a felony; or
- five total arrests, two for felonies, three of which occurred
in the last 12 months; or
- adjudication for multiple offenses (three minimum), two of
which are felonies and each of which occurred at a separate time;
or
- ten or more total arrests, three of which occurred in the
last 12 months; or
- any adjudicated offense which occurred within 90 days of
release from institutional placement.
Out of a cohort of approximately 500 youth admitted to Youth
Corrections in the 1980s and eligible for SHO-CAP, 88 juveniles
fit these criteria and were identified as SHO-CAP juveniles.
The project's goals were to examine
whether the criteria used to identify these juveniles were valid
as predictors of adult criminality and to determine which factors
might profitably be used to identify serious juvenile offenders
today.
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