Risk and needs assessment

Does Reassessment Improve Prediction? A Prospective Study of the Sexual Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS)

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Tailoring to a Mandate: The Development and Validation of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN)

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The Interaction of Personal and Occupational Factors in the Suicide Deaths of Correction Officers

Date Published

2020

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

An Exploratory Investigation of Parental Incarceration, Emotional Independence, and Adult Children's Criminal Activity

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Differential prediction and disparate impact of pretrial risk assessments in practice: a multi-site evaluation

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

The NIJ Recidivism Forecasting Challenge: Contextualizing the Results

Date Published

February 2022

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ

Profile Analysis and Risk Assessment: Identifying Distinct Patterns of Risks and Needs

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Minority and Immigrant Youth Exposure to Community Violence: The Differential Effects of Family Management and Peers

Date Published

2021

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

2021 Review and Revalidation of the First Step Act Risk Assessment Tool

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Desistance From Crime: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

November 2021

Most scholars would agree that desistance from crime – the process of ceasing engagement in criminal activities – is normative. However, there is variability in the literature regarding the definition and measurement of desistance, the signals of desistance, the age at which desistance begins, and the underlying mechanisms that lead to desistance. Even with considerable advances in the theoretical understanding of desistance from crime, there remain critical gaps between research and the application of that research to practice.

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First Step Act: Review and Revalidation of the Bureau of Prisons Needs Assessment System, Fiscal Year 2022

Closing Date

February 18, 2022

With this funding opportunity, and in collaboration with the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking responses to support the annual review and revalidation of the BOP’s needs assessment system. This initiative supports Section 3631 of Title I of the First Step Act (FSA) of 2018 and furthers the mission of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) by supporting research...