RT Article
T1 Supervisory experience and data points: implementation barriers, risk assessment and correctional professionals
JF Criminal justice studies
VO 30
IS 3
SP 240
OP 256
A1 Hochstetler, Andrew
A2 Copes, Heith 1970-
A2 Peters, David J.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1728600391
AB Drawing on interviews with 24 correctional practitioners who use risk assessment instruments daily, we examine barriers to the use and implementation of these instruments. Findings reveal that practitioners have confidence in the state of risk assessment generally, but are skeptical about risk assessment on the job due to limited resources. They also point to barriers that inhibit their effectiveness including recognition of population heterogeneity, predictive misspecification due to data lags and overemphasis on stable predictors, and lacking guidance on appropriate use of vast available data. Instruments for measuring risk serve purposes beyond those intended by the social scientists who developed measures. We conclude with lessons for increasing the utility and legitimacy of risk assessments and with a call for incorporating latent uses of assessments into design.
K1 Risk Assessment
K1 Community Corrections
K1 Implementation
K1 Parole
K1 Probation
DO 10.1080/1478601X.2017.1293535