在长期运行的药物治疗法庭中评估风险,种族和重犯的问题 (以及可能的解决方案)
Kristen E DeVall1, Paul D Gregory2, David J Hartmann3
1Department of Sociology & Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-5978, USA.
Evaluation and program planning
|October 13, 2024
概括
正式的犯罪性风险工具对于在药物治疗法庭评估种族平等至关重要. 本研究引入了一种代理措施,用于分析风险和种族相互作用,当评估工具随着时间的推移而变化时.
科学领域:
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 正式的犯罪性风险工具对于评估种族差异在治疗法庭准入和结果方面至关重要.
- 确保这些工具的种族中立性和一致应用对于准确的程序评估至关重要.
- 随着时间的推移,风险评估工具的变化给纵向程序分析带来了重大挑战.
研究的目的:
- 在药物治疗法庭设置中,评估LSI-R的种族中立性和一致性.
- 探索一种新的"代理"风险衡量的实用性,用于分析种族风险相互作用.
- 为了应对使用多种风险评估工具的项目在持续时间内进行评估的挑战.
主要方法:
- 该研究评估了LSI-R在药物治疗法庭内的不同种族群体的表现.
- 开发并使用了一种"代理"风险衡量方法,以弥合两种不同的犯罪性风险工具之间的差距.
- 用纵向数据分析来检查该项目的生命周期中的风险和种族相互作用.
主要成果:
- 该研究提供了首次评估LSI-R在药物治疗法庭背景下跨种族群体的充分性.
- 开发的代理指标使风险和种族相互作用的分析更加容易,尽管使用了不同的评估工具.
- 调查结果强调了考虑工具的一致性和校准对于准确的种族平等评估的重要性.
结论:
- 正式的风险评估工具可以帮助识别和解决司法系统中的种族不平等问题.
- 使用代理措施提供了一种可行的策略,用于评估具有不断发展的风险评估工具的程序.
- 未来的研究应该专注于开发和验证种族中立和一致的风险评估工具,以实现公平的项目评估.
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