Next generation assessment technology: the potential and pitfalls of integrating individual and community risk assessment
The recent inclusion of community-level risk variables in (some) fourth generation risk assessment instruments, ostensibly to make more accurate individual-level predictions of the likelihood of reoffending among the populations of probationers and parolees under community supervision, is examined i...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2017
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Probation journal
Año: 2017, Volumen: 64, Número: 3, Páginas: 242-255 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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| Sumario: | The recent inclusion of community-level risk variables in (some) fourth generation risk assessment instruments, ostensibly to make more accurate individual-level predictions of the likelihood of reoffending among the populations of probationers and parolees under community supervision, is examined in the following review. This development raises a thorny issue: what if the price of improved predictive accuracy is increased gender, race, or class-based disparity? Our review underscores the problems (conceptualization and measurement related) inherent in combining individual risk variables with community-level risk variables in order to assess an offender’s risk for re-offending during a specified follow-up period. In recognition of the likely disparity that will result from the conflation of neighborhood risk into individual risk assessments, we suggest an alternative: conduct a separate neighborhood risk assessment that can be used to simultaneously develop (1) a community-based treatment plan for individual offenders and (2) a resource development plan identifying and addressing service shortfalls and other risk factors in the neighborhoods where offenders reside. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-3079 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0264550517720851 |