Fla. Juvenile Justice Dept. to leverage predictive analytics

The Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice is implementing predictive analytics to help identify at-risk youth in an attempt to reduce recidivism in state’s penal system.

At the Florida State Department of Juvenile Justice, and in other segments of the detention system across the country, they are hoping to better understand and treat causes of recidivism, especially in young adults. The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announced Wednesday a partnership with SPSS, an IBM company, to identify high-risk youth and prescribe individualized rehabilitation programs to keep them from re-entering the system as adults.

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