On any given day, approximately 48,000 juveniles in the U.S. are confined to youth correctional facilities as a result of juvenile or criminal justice involvement. The average cost per person is about $214,000 -- a 44% increase since 2014. Yet youth incarceration is...
Month: August 2020
Some psychological tests used in court are unscientific
You may have heard of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. This is a standardized test that is routinely used to help determine if someone is suffering from a diagnosable psychological problem. First developed in the 1940s, the test is widely...