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Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices and the Experiences of Three States
Classification of Women Offenders: A National Assessment of Current Practices and the Experiences of Three States
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The development of improved strategies for classifying female offenders is addressed. Sections of this report include:- Issues in classifying women offenders -- the literature review;
- National assessment of current female offender classification practices;
- Focus groups with corrections professionals and women offenders;
- Directions for technical assistance (TA);
- TA -- Hawaii Department of Public Safety;
- TA -- Nebraska Department of Correctional Services;
- TA -- Colorado Department of Corrections;
- And lessons learned -- female offenders can be classified using instruments currently utilized with some adjustments, measures of offender needs offer substantial contributions to the validity of a custody classification system, precise definitions and accurate measurement are important considerations, the cooperative agreement reduced over-classification but did not nullify it, and over-classification is not only found in the classification system.
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