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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Risk Assessment Instrument"”.
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Rescoring the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument: A Comparison of Methods
… alternate ways to add meaningful weights to the risk factors on the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI). An evaluation is made which compares the predictive accuracy of a revised scoring system compared to the one that is currently in use. The data for this analysis is taken from 299 Montana …
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Rescoring the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument: A Comparison of Methods
… alternate ways to add meaningful weights to the risk factors on the Montana Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI). An evaluation is made which compares the predictive accuracy of a revised scoring system compared to the one that is currently in use. The data for this analysis is taken from 299 Montana …
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Do Objective Measures reduce the Disproportionate Rates of Minority Youth Placed in Detention: Validation of a Risk Assessment Instrument?
… processing disparities can contribute to DMC. Risk assessment instruments (RAI) are objective techniques used to make decisions about youth in the juvenile justice system. This study examined the effects of implementing an RAI designed to make detention decisions, in a predominantly rural …
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Decision -Making in Child Protection
… and emphasize the necessity of using the risk assessment instrument. Improvements in decision making would result and could favorably affect the safety of child reported for maltreatment."
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Juvenile justice reform: A tale of two systems
… in one state. The first initiative, a detention risk assessment tool, is embedded within the second initiative, a family court pilot project. Detention screening tools have been developed primarily to alleviate detention center overcrowding and to reduce disproportionate minority confinement in …
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The assessment of risk in intellectually disabled sexual offenders.
This thesis explored the application of risk assessment in sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities. A systematic review of the literature appraised the quality and methodology of research examining the predictive validity of risk assessment instruments, this highlighted a lack of research …
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Intensive Supervision Probation: Assessing Texas Programs
… The sample has some unique characteristics. The assessment was originally designed to use survey research as the primary source of evidence, and content analysis or telephone interviews as a secondary source. Multiple sources of evidence were meant to increase data validity in each case. A low …
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The reliability and validity of the violence risk scale - experimental version 1
… society has resulted in a heightened demand for instruments that can accurately predict the risk of violence. As a result, efforts to improve risk prediction techniques have intensified. However, the accurate prediction of violence has proved to be a difficult task, often plagued by inaccuracies …
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Recidivism among ex-combatants of illegal armed groups in Colombia: An analysis of participants in the reintegration process
… and were monitored during a two-year ‘time at risk’ period. The purpose of the study is to identify the main predictors of recidivism and crime severity among ex-combatants who were taking part in this reintegration process (Participants in the reintegration process – PRPs). In order to …