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Webinar: Maximizing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Interventions: The Importance of Risk/Needs Assessment
Webinar: Maximizing the Impact of Juvenile Justice Interventions: The Importance of Risk/Needs Assessment
Publication year:
2011
| Cataloged on:
Feb. 16, 2012
ANNOTATION: This webinar addresses the use of risk/needs assessment in juvenile justice. It is also a very good introduction to what risk assessment entails. Topics discussed include: what a risk assessment tool is; the national perspective and importance of risk assessment; guiding principles; benefits per dollar invested; valid identification is the first step; ways proper implementation of a risk assessment can save costs; important risk assessment concepts; static risk factors; criminogenic need/dynamic risk factors; elements of a comprehensive risk for re-offending assessment; important developmental concepts; general principles of risk in youth; how to pick an evidence-based risk assessment tool; evidence-based or promising comprehensive risk assessment tools for use post-adjudication; what risk assessments do not do; some points about implementation—risk for re-offending vs. mental health; selection of the risk assessment depends on the decision point in the juvenile justice process; Decision-Making Model with and without the option of diversion; essential steps of implementation; and the benefits of comprehensive risk assessments.
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