Exam 4: Assessing Risk: The Importance of Classification

The two phases of dynamic risk assessment (Phases I and II) differ in terms of______.

The third and fourth eras in the development of risk and needs assessment focused on static factors but differed on dynamic risk factors and case planning. What are these two eras called?

The second phase of the dynamic risk assessment era began in the late 1970s with the introduction of the:

The science of applying mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk ushered in which era of risk and needs assessment?

The least accurate risk assessment method is______.

In 2003, the NIC conducted a survey to investigate where risk and needs assessment is conducted in criminal justice processing. Name one of the stages______.

The third and fourth eras in the development of risk and needs assessment focused on dynamic risk factors but to a different degree and for a different purpose.

The founder of the Positive School of Criminology is______.

The process of identifying dynamic risk factors requiring intervention, prioritizing placement in programs and treatment, and assembling the supervision team is called case planning

Which one of the following is NOT a shortfall of actuarial risk assessment?

The fifth era in the development of risk and needs assessment is______.

Many of the agencies that responded to the 2003 NIC survey on when they conduct risk and needs assessment replied that they assess offenders at more than one stage, but some assess at only one stage. What is that one stage?

The second era in the development of risk and needs assessment:

The first phase of dynamic risk assessment began in the 1970s when Wisconsin introduced the

The actuarial era of risk and needs assessment influenced the development of the Salient Factor Score.

The founder of the Positive School of Criminology:

______ risk factors can change over time.

The principle focuses on which behavior patterns should be treated.

In making his discovery of the "born criminal"

The first person to use a scientific approach to predict criminal traits was______.