Library Additions

February 29th, 2008

We have added a couple of interesting papers to the Library page.

“An Empirical Modeling Approach To Recidivism Classification” by Ed Dow, Charles Jones and Jack Mott is an introduction to a classification approach that goes far deeper than a single inventory score. With the continuing popularity of early releases as a mechanism to solve other corrections’ issues, accurate assessment of offenders being let out onto the street becomes ever more vital. In the interests of full disclosure let me state that Syscon has an interest in the RMS application that uses the principles outlined in this paper.

“Health and Prisoner Re-Entry” is a detailed report by the Urban Institute Justice Project on the nexus between re-entry issues and physical and mental health. A lot of interesting material in there.

jakking Assessments and Classification, Inmate Health Care, Mental Health Issues, Re-Entry

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