Validation and Refinement of Objective Prison Classification Systems for Women: The Experience of Four States and Common Themes
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: An evaluation of the efforts of four states in revising their objective classification for female inmates is provided. Four sections comprise this report: introduction; project goals and tasks; description of the four states' women classification initiatives -- West Virginia Division of Corrections, Idaho Department of Corrections, Wisconsin Department of Corrections, and Florida Department of Corrections; and common themes and lessons learned -- use the current instruments and override the scored custody levels, modify the current risk factors and/or scale cut points, discontinue use of current instruments and classify female based upon a subjective, intuitive process, and implications and future steps.