Handbook on Risk and Need Assessment Theory and Practice

The Handbook on Risk and Need Assessment: Theory and Practice covers risk assessments for individuals being considered for parole or probation. Evidence-based approaches to such decisions help take the emotion and politics out of community corrections. As the United States begins to back away from ineffective, expensive policies of mass incarceration, this handbook will provide the resources needed to help ensure both public safety and the effective rehabilitation of offenders. The ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Handbook Series will publish volumes on topics ranging from violence risk assessment to specialty courts for drug users, veterans, or the mentally ill. Each thematic volume focuses on a single topical issue that intersects with corrections and sentencing research.

The Value and Importance of Risk and Need Assessment in Corrections & Sentencing: An Overview of the Handbook Faye S. Taxman, George Mason University Amy Dezember, George Mason University History of RNA Risk and Needs Assessment in Probation and Parole: The Persistent Gap Between Promise and PracticeWilliam D. Burrell The Research Director Perspective on the Design, Implementation, and Impact of Risk Assessment and Offender Classification Systems in USA Prisons: A National SurveyJames Byrne, University of Massachusetts, LowellAmy Dezember, George Mason University Methodological Issues in Creating and Validating RNA Static Risk Factors and Criminal RecidivismRobert Brame, University of South Carolina Accuracy of Risk Assessment in Corrections Population Management: Where's the Value Added?James Hess, University of California, IrvineSusan Turner, University of California, Irvine Improving the Performance of Risk Assessments: A Case Study on the Prediction of Sexual Offending among Juvenile OffendersKiDeuk Kim, The Urban Institute Grant Duwe, Minnesota Department of Corrections Using Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Improve the Accuracy and Performance of Juvenile Justice Risk Assessment Instruments: The Florida Case StudyIra M. Schwartz, Consultant and Advisor to Algorhythm Peter York, Founder and CEO of AlgorhythmMark Greenwald, Director of Research, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and Doctoral Student at Florida State UniversityAna Ramos-Hernandez, Data Manager, Algorhythm Lisa Feeley, Research Analyst, ICF International An Alternative Scientific Paradigm for Criminological Risk Assessment: Closed or Open Systems, or Both?Tim Brennan, Northpointe, Inc. Dynamic Risk Factors and Responsivity Toward Different Populations Risk, Need, and Responsivity in a Criminal LifestyleGlenn D. Walters, Kutztown University Gender-Responsive Risk and Need Assessment: Implications for the Treatment of Justice-Involved WomenEmily J. Salisbury, University of Nevada, Las VegasBreanna Boppre, University of Nevada, Las VegasBridget Kelly, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Advancing Sexual Offender Risk Assessment: Standardized Risk Levels Based on Psychologically Meaningful Offender CharacteristicsR. Karl Hanson, Public Safety CanadaGuy Bourgon, Public Safety Canada Incorporating Procedural Justice and Legitimacy into the RNR Model to Improve Risk-Need AssessmentKatherine Ginsburg-Kempany, Arizona State UniversityKimberly A. Kaiser, Arizona State University Adoption of Risk Tools to Employment ContextGarima Siwach, University at Albany (SUNY)Shawn D. Bushway, University at Albany (SUNY) Exploring How to Measure Criminogenic Needs: Five Instruments and No Real AnswersBrittney Via, George Mason UniversityAmy Dezember, George Mason UniversityFaye Taxman, George Mason University RNA Implementation and Practice Customizing Criminal Justice AssessmentsZachary Hamilton, Washington State University Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol, Washington State University Michael Campagna, Washington State University Jacqueline van Wormer, Washington State University Risk/Need Assessment Tools and the Criminal Justice Bureaucrat: Reconceptualizing the Frontline PractitionerJoel Miller, Rutgers UniversitySarah Trocchio, Rutgers University Risky Needs: Risk Entangled Needs in Probation SupervisionDanielle S. Rudes, George Mason UniversityJill Viglione, University of Texas, San AntonioKimberly S. Meyer, George Mason University Special Issues Regarding the Conceptualization for RNA Purpose and Context Matters: Creating a Space for Meaningful Dialogues about Risk and NeedKelly Hannah-Moffat, Director Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canadiana Gallery Human Rights and High Risk Offenders: The Right to Rehabilitation and the Right to FairnessMary Rogan, Barrister-at-Law, Head of Law and Assistant Head of the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology

Faye S. Taxman, PhD, is a University Professor in the Criminology, Society, and Law program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and director of its Center for Advancing Corrections Excellence.A well-regarded scholar and researcher,she is Past Chairof the American Society of Criminology's Division on Corrections & Sentencing.