How much risk can we take? The misuse of risk assessment in corrections

Federal Probation

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Austin, James ^a  

^a JFA Institute

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1. See http://bmibmijoumals.com/cgi/content/fall/312/7023/71.
2. Also see http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/for a listing of the growing number of evidence-based practice medical and mental health centers in the U. S. and Canada.
3. Lowenkamp, Christopher T. and Edward J. Latessa. 2005. "Evaluation of Ohio's CCA Funded Programs. Final Report." Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati, Center for Criminal Justice.
4. Austin, James. 2006. "What Should We Expect From Parole?" American Probation and Parole.
5. For a recent summary of the validity of the LSIR and its history see Girard, Lina and J. Stephen Wormith, 2004. "The Predictive Validity of the Level of Service Inventory-Ontario Revision on General and Violent Recidivism among Various Offender Groups" Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 2:150-181 and Violent Recidivism among Various Offender Groups" Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 2:150-181.
6. For more information on MHS, Inc see their website at http://www.mhs.com/index.htm.
7. For more information about Northpointe see their website at http://www.northpointeinc.com/contact.htm.
8. Washington State Institute for Public Policy. Washington's Offender Accountability Act: An Analysis of the Department of Corrections' Risk Assessment. December 2003. Olympia, Washington; James Austin, Dana Coleman, Kelly Dedel-Johnson, and Johnette Payton. 2003. Reliability and Validity of the LSI-R Risk Assessment Instrument. Washington, DC: The Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections at the George Washington University; and James Austin, 2006. Vermont Parole Board Risk Based Guidelines, Technical Assistance Report #2. Washington, DC: National Institute of Corrections.
9. Washington State Public Policy Institute. 2003. p. 4
10. Austin, James, Dana Coleman, and Kelly Johnson. 2002. "Reliability and Validity of the LSI-R for the Pennsylvania Board of Parole and Probation." Washington, DC: The Institute on Crime, Justice and Corrections, The George Washington University.