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Risk needs assessment
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OJJDP MPG Literature Review: Risk/Needs Assessments for Youths (2015)
This publication covers: risk and needs assessments limitations, definitions, theoretical foundation, two approaches to administering risk/needs as
Accuracy and Fairness for Juvenile Justice Risks Assessments (2017)
Risk assessment algorithms used in criminal justice settings are often said to introduce “bias”.
A Review of the Validity of Juvenile Risk Assessment Across Race/Ethnicity (2018)
The review suggests that in general, risk assessments do a good job in predicting recidivism across racial/ethnic groups for diverse populations in
The Most Carefully Studied, yet Least Understood, Terms in the Criminal Justice Lexicon: Risk, Need, and Responsivity (2018)
No program or intervention can be expected to work for everyone.