Provides comprehensive coverage on recidivism risk/needs assessment tools Correctional and healthcare professionals around the world utilize structured instruments referred to as risk/needs assessment tools to predict the likelihood that an offender will recidivate. Such tools have been found to provide accurate and reliable evaluations and are widely used to assess, manage, and monitor offenders both institutionally as well as in the community. By identifying offenders in need of different levels of intervention, examining causal risk factors, and individualizing case management plans,…mehr
Provides comprehensive coverage on recidivism risk/needs assessment tools
Correctional and healthcare professionals around the world utilize structured instruments referred to as risk/needs assessment tools to predict the likelihood that an offender will recidivate. Such tools have been found to provide accurate and reliable evaluations and are widely used to assess, manage, and monitor offenders both institutionally as well as in the community. By identifying offenders in need of different levels of intervention, examining causal risk factors, and individualizing case management plans, risk/needs assessment tools have proven invaluable in addressing the public health issue of recidivism. Recidivism Risk/Needs Assessment Tools brings together the developers of the most commonly-used risk/needs assessment tools to provide a comprehensive overview of their development, peer-reviewed research literature, and practical application.
Written by the leading professionalsin the field of risk/needs assessment, the book provides chapters on: Recidivism Risk Assessment in the 21st Century; Performance of Recidivism Risk Assessment Instruments in Correctional Settings; Correctional Offender Management Profiles for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS); the Federal Post-Conviction Risk Assessment Instrument; the Inventory of Offender Risks, Needs, and Strengths (IORNS); the Level of Service (LS) Instruments; the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS); the Self-Appraisal Questionnaire (SAQ); the Service Planning Instrument (SPIn); the Static Risk Offender Needs Guide-Revised (STRONG-R); the Offender Group Reconviction Scale (OGRS); the Forensic Operationalized Therapy/Risk Evaluation System (FOTRES); the RisCanvi; and more. _ Systematically identifies currently-validated recidivism risk/needs assessment tools _ Reviews research on recidivism risk/needs assessment tools used internationally _ Each chapter presents sufficient detail to decide whether a given recidivism risk/needs assessment tool is right for your practice
Recidivism Risk/Needs Assessment Tools is ideal for correctional, probation and parole, and behavioral health professionals.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
JAY P. SINGH, PhD, PhD, is the Founder of the Global Institute of Forensic Research and is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry and the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. DARYL G. KRONER, PhD, is a Professor at Southern Illinois University and reviewed the effectiveness of offender programs at the Illinois Department of Corrections. J. STEPHEN WORMITH, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan, and Director of the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science and Justice Studies. SARAH L. DESMARAIS, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Applied Social and Community Psychology Program at North Carolina State University. ZACHARY HAMILTON, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and the Director of the Washington State Institute for Criminal Justice at Washington State University.
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors xv
Preface: Recidivism Risk Assessment in the 21st Century xxiii John Monahan
Part I Introduction 1
1 Performance of Recidivism Risk Assessment Instruments in U.S. Correctional Settings 3 Sarah L. Desmarais, Kiersten L. Johnson, and Jay P. Singh
Characteristics of Risk Assessment Instruments 4
Characteristics of Samples and Studies 5
The Current Review 5
Method 6
Review Protocol 6
Search Strategy 6
Results 10
Characteristics and Content of Instruments 10
Sample and Study Characteristics 12
Performance of Recidivism Risk Assessment Instruments 14
Discussion 19
Limitations 21
Conclusions 21
Author Note 22
References 22
Supplemental Table 29
Part II Risk/Needs Assessment in North America 31
2 The CAIS/JAIS Approach to Assessment 33 Christopher Baird
Introduction 33
History of Development 33
Development and Validation of Risk Assessment 35
Development of CAIS/JAIS Needs Assessment Instruments 38
Development, Synopsis, and Evaluation of CMC/SJS 39
Synopsis of CMC Supervision Strategies 41
CMC Evaluation Results 44
Current Issues and Future Directions 45
References 46
3 Correctional Offender Management Profiles for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) 49 Tim Brennan and William Dieterich
Introduction 49
Purposes of COMPAS 49
Predictive Risk Assessment 49
Explanatory and Needs Assessment 50
Avoiding the Various Disconnects between Assessment, Treatment, and Outcomes 50
Different versions for Different Organizational Purposes and Target Populations 50
Methodological Goals 50
Background and History of Development 50
Incorporate Theoretical Guidance in Selecting Relevant Scales to Achieve a Comprehensive Coverage of Explanatory Factors 50
Incorporate Empirical Guidance from Meta-analytic Research on Predictive Factors 51
Incorporate the Strength/Resiliency Perspective 51
Incorporate Gender-Responsive Risk and Need Factors 51
Dynamic vs. Static Items in COMPAS Risk Assessments 51
Built-In Data Validity Tests and Error-Checking 51
Flexible Access to External "In-Depth" Diagnostic Assessments 51
Advanced Analytical Methods for Risk Prediction 52
Multiple Dependent Criterion Variables 52
Systematic Re-validation and Calibration to Accommodate Offender Population Changes 52
Ease of Use and Efficiency 52
Scalability--Agency Control Over Data Needs and Staff Workloads for Specific Processing Decisions 53
Integrated Database and Seamless Links from Risk/Needs Assessment to Case Management, Treatment Goals, Treatments Provided, and Outcomes 53
Generalizability of Predictive Accuracy Across Regions, Agencies, and Racial/Gender Categories 53
Versions of COMPAS 53
Youth COMPAS 53
Reentry COMPAS 54
Women's COMPAS 54
Norming or Standardization Samples 54
Settings for COMPAS Assessments (Pretrial, Community Corrections, Prison/Jail) 55
Web-based Implementation of Assessments and Subsequent Treatment and Outcome Data 55
Predictive and Needs/Explanatory Scales 55
Additional Risk Models for Other Criminal Justice Criterion Outcomes 56
Measures of Predictive Accuracy 56
Independent Validation Studies by External Researchers, from Diverse Geographical Areas 56
