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Review of Assessment Instruments-Compiled for the ATI WorkgroupBy Nikki Vines, L.M.S.W., Doctoral student, Jane Addams College of Social WorkOhio Risk Assessment System (ORAS)DescriptionStrengths Development of ORAS produced five assessment tools designed to predictthe likelihood of recidivism at different points in the criminal justiceprocess (The Pretrial Assessment Tool, The Community Supervision Tool,The Community Supervision Screening Tool, The Prison Intake Tool, andthe Reentry Tool.) These tools not only are used to assign supervision levels, but are alsodesigned to assist case managers in targeting dynamic risk factors andidentifying barriers to treatment. Overall, the results from the validation are favorable, indicating that eachtool was able to clearly distinguish between groups of offenders withescalating rates of recidivism. Concurrent validity also was examined bycomparing the predictive power of each assessment tool to the LSI-R andthe Wisconsin Risk/Needs instruments. These results revealed that theinstruments for the Ohio Risk Assessment System performed as well if notbetter than both of the other instruments. ORAS is similar to the LSI-R but is public domain (like the WRNA), sothe assessment is free to use.Cautions Further validation is needed. (follow up time in validation study involving1800 participants was only one year). The findings are preliminary-certain types of cases are underrepresented inthe population (e.g., sex offenders, Hispanic offenders, female offenders).The underrepresentation in the population leads to small numbers of thesetypes of offenders in the sample. Gender neutral5-5/26/2010
Review of Assessment Instruments-Compiled for the ATI WorkgroupBy Nikki Vines, L.M.S.W., Doctoral student, Jane Addams College of Social WorkDescriptionThe Service Planning Instrument (SPIn) A model for assessing risk, need and protective factors in adult populations. Itcan be used in probation, parole, re-entry and custodial settings where there is arequirement to assess risk of recidivism and identify service needs. The primary objective in using SPIn is helping case workers develop serviceplans for their criminal justice clients.Strengths Provides scoring that is helpful for classifying offenders according to overallrisk level so that adequate supervision resources can be assigned. Provides capabilities to link assessment results in an immediate way to theprocess of individualized case planning and appropriate service provision. SPInhelps with case planning by identifying need areas that can be easily linked tointerventions and other services for adult offenders. Incorporates the measurement of protective factors or strengths. Theassessment of protective factors focuses case plans to capitalize on strengthsand helps develop resources for offender success. Customization of the program is offeredCautions Compatible with Youth Assessment Screening Instrument (YASI) Is a web-based program, private domain (costly) Is a new assessment (2009)6-5/26/2010
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