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Statewide Risk Assessment in Juvenile Probation

This is the first "thorough systematic scan of the U.S. to determine the extent to which these [risk assessment] tools have been adopted across the country" (p. 1). Sections of this report address" statewide uniform assessment; layered/regional assessment; locally administered assessment; and design variation in assessment tools. An excellent chart shows the use of these tools by state with information supplied according to: state; probation administration; authority-state statute, probation agency policy, state agency recommended, or local policy; risk assessment tool used; and statewide implementation.