Results-based framework for post-conviction supervision recidivism analysis

Federal Probation

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 5-10

  Baber, Laura ^a  

^a Administrative Office of the US Courts   (United States)

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EID: 79951899682     PISSN: 00149128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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References (5)

1. Strategic Assessment of Federal Probation and Pretrial Services, 2004. Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center (http://jnet/Probation-and-Pretrial- Services/Strategic-Assessment.html).
2. Guide to Judiciary Policy, Volume 8, Part E, The Supervision of Federal Offenders (Monograph 109).
3. Federal Probation, Volume 72, Results-Based Management in Federal Probation and Pretrial Services, September 2008, John M. Hughes.
4. ATLAS is a software program developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts that provides a browser-based user interface for performing criminal record checks. It is widely used by probation and pretrial services officers to perform criminal record checks on defendants and offenders for supervision and investigation purposes.
5. The Risk Prediction Index (RPI) is an instrument used by officers to estimate the likelihood that an offender will be arrested or have supervision revoked during his or her term of supervision. It is a statistical model developed by the Federal Judicial Center at the request of the Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Law and approved by the Judicial Conference in March 1997. The model has been extensively tested and has been shown to be a strong predictor of the risk of recidivism for all federal offenders. "Recidivism" is defined as any revocation of supervised release, probation, or parole; arrest under federal or state jurisdiction; or absconding from supervision. RPI scores range from 0 to 9, with 9 indicating a higher likelihood of violation. Scores of 0 or 1 indicate that the offender has a very high likelihood of success (i.e., over 90 percent of offenders in these categories do not recidivate).