PSY 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Sex Offender, Risk Assessment, Psy
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Correctional treatment: risk, need, and responsivity (rnr) Identify those likely to commit new crimes, including those who may be. Sentencing (depending on the severity of the crime) (pre-sentence assessment) Assessment of changes in risk (looking at changes) Preventative detention (detention: someone stays in jail until the end of their sentence) With the risk management perspective, life without parole does not make much sense (though this is more through justice than risk change) Recidivism (aka: committing a new criminal offense following previous detection or release. Subtypes of recidivism: violent recidivism, nonviolent recidivism (property crime ect. , sexual recidivism (contact or no-contact, general recidivism (any kind of re-offending, a combination of these three) High predictive accuracy is vital, but do not want to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Purpose of risk assessment is to prevent new crimes from occurring. No reason in leaving low-risk people in prison for long periods. Steps in risk assessment assessment information sources (important to talk to them.
