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The Council of State Governments Justice Center Approach to Increasing Risk-Level Consistency in the Application of

Daryl G Kroner1, Bree Derrick2

  • 1Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, USA.

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|September 19, 2020
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The Five-Level System improves consistency in risk assessment across different tools in correctional mental health. This leads to fairer risk-level assignments for clients.

Area of Science:

  • Forensic Psychology
  • Correctional Mental Health
  • Risk Assessment

Background:

  • Multiple risk assessment instruments are often used for single clients in correctional and forensic settings.
  • Varied methods for determining risk categories can lead to inconsistencies in risk-level assignments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of the Five-Level System in enhancing agreement between different risk assessment instruments.
  • To quantify the improvement in risk-level consistency when using the Five-Level System compared to normative percentile categories.

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  • The study utilized the Level of Service Inventory-Revised and two other risk assessment instruments.
  • The Five-Level System was applied to assess agreement in risk-level placement and recidivism rates.
Keywords:
risk assessmentrisk communicationstandardized assessment

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  • Agreement was compared between the Five-Level System and normative percentile categories.

    • Main Results:

    • The Five-Level System demonstrated a 4% to 5% greater agreement between instruments.
    • This enhanced agreement was observed for both risk-level placement and predicted recidivism rates.

    Conclusions:

    • The Five-Level System offers improved consistency in risk assessment outcomes.
    • Greater consistency in risk assessment leads to increased fairness in client risk-level assignments.