Exam 4: Assessing Risk: The Importance of Classification

What is the process whereby offenders are assessed on several key variables empirically known to increase the likelihood of committing an offense?

What is the principle that focuses on who should be treated?

Dynamic risk/need factors are items associated with future behavior and can change over time.

Users of risk assessment want the next generation of risk and needs assessment instruments to reduce caseload planning.

Lombroso claimed that the bodies of criminals were physically different from those of normal people.

Static risk factors change.

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

The science of applying mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk ushered in the professional/ clinical assessment era.

______ exhibit unique physical, mental, social, and programmatic characteristics that distinguish them from other offenders.

The first person to use a scientific approach to predict criminal traits was:

Users of risk assessment want the next generation of risk and needs assessment instruments to do what?

The first person to use actuarial models in criminal justice on a large scale was:

Users of risk assessment also want the next generation of risk and needs assessment instruments to reassess an offender's changing circumstances in real time and readjust the risk score.

The Salient Factor Score is based on a series of six dynamic factors.

The need principle states that styles and modes of treatment service must be closely matched to the preferred learning style, motivation, and abilities of the offender.

Evidence-based research has shown that if all three principles are considered, recidivism can be reduced by up to 50 percent.

The third era in the development of risk and needs assessment was______.

The second era in the development of risk and needs assessment was______.

Phase I of the dynamic risk assessment era did not address the link between assessment and the type, duration, and intensity of intervention.

Risk and needs assessment is conducted at the pretrial stage of criminal justice processing for several reasons. What is NOT one of those reasons?