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Classification

A PROCEDURE consisting of assessing the risks posed by an offender, identifying supervision issues, and selecting an appropriate supervision strategy.

Risk Assessment

Questionairre that measures the offenders propensity to commit future crimes and determines level of supervision needed.

Classification includes the risk assessment as well as the supervision strategy (How the offender will be supervised.)

Risk Assessment only determines risk of reoffending and any supervision issues present (Doesn't include the HOW)

Information about the offender that doesn't change. It is discovered during the risk assessment. (Age, Criminal History)

These are the things in the offender's history that CAN BE CHANGED. Discovered during the risk assessment, things like substance abuse, employment, social contacts, family relationships, can be changed thru treatment and rehabilitation.

Questionairre that is utilized with the Risk Assessment that identifies behavioral issues that relate to crime. Substance abuse, mental illness, anger management, job skills are examples.

Used to match the program with the offender.

Conducted by a probation and parole officer. It is the oversight that the officer exercises over the offender.

Techniques of supervision that officers use like face-to-face home visits, curfew, electronic monitoring, phone verification, drug testing.

Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions

Those programs that change thinking in order to change behavior.

Probation or Parole program for special needs clients.

Intensive Probation

Drug Offenders
DWI Offenders
Mental Health Offenders
Veteran Offenders
Gang Offenders

"Falling off the wagon"

A drug or alcohol substance abuser who is trying to quit but yet starts drinking or taking drugs again.

Used with sex offenders because there are no treatment programs that are proven to change the offender.

Community and family connections that prevent people from committing crimes.

Informal Social Controls

Single most important element to reduce recidivism.

Employment assistance.

A principle of effective intervention

A Program that works!

A principle of effective intervention

A principle of effective intervention

A principle of effective intervention

A principle of effective intervention

A principle of effective intervention.

A principle of effective intervention.