Classification of High-Risk and Special Management Prisoners: A National Assessment of Current Practices
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Results from a survey "designed to obtain information on the procedures used to classify high-risk inmates, particularly those in protective custody or administrative segregation, and inmates with mental illness or medical problems" are presented (p. xvi). Six chapters follow an executive summary: introduction; overview of risk assessment; risk assessment systems and instruments; findings of the National Survey of the Management of High-Risk Inmates; identification and review of model programs; and issues and recommendations.