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Finding an answer in time: Assessing change in needs scores on time to recidivism among justice-involved youth
While risk instruments are consistently used to aid classification and supervision decisions, needs assessments guide intervention efforts for individuals under supervision.
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Finding an answer in time: Assessing change in needs scores on time to recidivism among justice-involved youth
The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: A multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems
The purpose of this study was to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic changed U.S. prison operations and influenced the daily work of prison staff.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and operational challenges, impacts, and lessons learned: A multi-methods study of U.S. prison systems
Assessing risk factors for victims of violence in a hospital-based violence intervention program
Personal, behavioral, and environmental risk factors are correlated to varying degrees with each other and with the overall likelihood of violent reinjury.
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Assessing risk factors for victims of violence in a hospital-based violence intervention program
A survey of issues in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of law enforcement officers: Investigating the rural-urban divide
The continuing crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and issues surrounding disparate policing practices have illuminated an underlying issue facing law enforcement agencies- how to recruit, hire, and retain qualified officers.
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A survey of issues in the recruitment, hiring, and retention of law enforcement officers: Investigating the rural-urban divide
Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism
Employment theoretically serves as a source of informal social control that can promote desistance from crime (Sampson & Laub, 1993).
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Revisiting the relationship between age, employment, and recidivism
Best practices for neglected assumptions: Multi-site confirmation of the MPACT-6
In the assessment world, risk determines “who” to treat and needs determine “what” (Bonta & Andrews, 2016).
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Best practices for neglected assumptions: Multi-site confirmation of the MPACT-6
Protecting against adversity: The role of positive childhood experiences in youth recidivism
An abundance of research has established Adverse Childhood Experiences’ (ACEs’) contributions to deviant behavior.
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Protecting against adversity: The role of positive childhood experiences in youth recidivism
Understanding intimate partner cyber abuse across partnership categories based on gender identity and sexual orientation
Research indicates non-cisgender and non-heterosexual individuals experience higher rates of intimate partner violence compared to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts.
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Understanding intimate partner cyber abuse across partnership categories based on gender identity and sexual orientation
The great methods bake-off: Comparing performance of machine learning algorithms
Risk assessments have been constructed using a variety of algorithms, from bivariate associations, to regression, to advanced machine learning (ML) approaches.
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The great methods bake-off: Comparing performance of machine learning algorithms
Tailoring to a mandate: The development and validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)
In December 2018, the First Step Act of 2018 was signed into law, which required the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to begin using risk and needs assessment to assign programs and provide inmates with required treatment.
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Tailoring to a mandate: The development and validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)