CRIM 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Risk Assessment
29 Nov 2017
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Read chapter (cid:1005)(cid:1004) si(cid:374)ce lecture (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t co(cid:448)er e(cid:448)erythi(cid:374)g. What is risk? (noun) a situation involving exposure to danger risk is the chance of being harmed if exposed to a hazard risk = likelihood * severity (consequence) Criminal risk assessment: predicting what type of behaviour, general recidivism, violence, sexual violence, terroris(cid:373) , predicting the likelihood, predicting the timeframe after got out, what he will do. Supporting by wife, rehabs, back in to crime scene important to correctional decision: necessary correctional intervention assess offender risk share risk relevant information monitor activity necessary correctional intervention. Static risk factors: age, criminal history (adult and juvenile, family factors family criminality, family rearing practices and structure. Risk assessment: discretion is structured, use actuarial assessment of risk to anchor clinical judgment, supervision case needs (dynamic-clinical major risk factors (historical actuarial . Static) funnel structure (supervision is top of it)
