Third Generation General Risk / Need Assessment Tools
Brief Screening Tools for Risk of Recidivism
Domestic Violence
Motivation, Goal Planning, and Social Support Assessments
Mental Health Assessments
Self-Control Assessments
Substance Abuse Assessments
Sexual Offending Assessments
Third Generation General Risk / Need Assessment Tools
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LS/CMI
Level of Service / Case Management Inventory
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Format: 124-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Risk factors in the areas of Criminal History, Education / Employment, Family / Marital, Leisure / Recreation, Companions, Alcohol / Drug Problems, Pro-Criminal Attitudes / Orientation, Antisocial Patterns, Personal Problems, Perpetration History, Incarceration History, and Social / Health / Mental Health Concerns.
Produces: Overall risk classification leading into case planning functions within the instrument that guide practitioners through target treatment area choices.
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LSI-R
Level of Service Inventory—Revised
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Format: 54-item, interview-driven, paper or automated
Measures: Risk and protective factors in areas of Criminal History, Education / Employment, Financial, Family / Marital, Accommodation, Leisure / Recreation, Companions, Alcohol / Drug Problems, Emotional / Personal, and Attitude / Orientation.
Produces: Overall risk classification, highlighting target treatment areas.
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COMPAS
Correctional Offender Management Profiles for Alternative Sanctions
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Format: 98-item, interview-driven, automated
Measures: Risk and protective factors in areas of Violence, General Recidivism, Failure to Appear, Community Placement Non-compliance, Crime Dimension, Needs Assessment, and Social Environment.
Produces: Overall risk classification, highlighting target treatment areas to assist in making community placement decisions.
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CMC
Client Management Classification
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Format: 71-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Client Attitude, Objective Background, and Probation Officer’s Behavioral Observations and Impressions.
Produces: A selection of supervision strategies based on scoring results, case planning assistance, and case evaluation procedures.
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Brief Screening Tools for Risk of Recidivism
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LSI-R Screening Version
Level of Service Inventory—Revised Screening Version
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Format: Format: 8-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Risk factors in the areas of Criminal History, Employment, Family/Marital, Companions, Alcohol./Drug Problems, Emotional/Personal, Attitude/Orientation.
Produces: Basic decision criteria for an offender’s service and supervision needs.
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Proxy*
Proxy Risk Triage Screener
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Format: 3-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Current Age, Age at First Arrest, Prior Arrests
Produces: The Proxy is designed to get a first cut assessment of offenders simply for the purpose of moving as many low risk offenders as possible to a minimum supervision caseload and avoid using the more resource intensive third generation risk tool. This requires a minimum population assessment of 300 active probationers.
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Wisconsin Risk & Needs Tool
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Format: 53-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Client risks and needs in areas of Criminal History, Education / Employment, Family / Friends, Mental / Emotional Stability, Plans / Problems, Health, Sexual behavior, Drug/Alcohol Usage, Financial Management.
Produces: Basic overall risk classification and needs assessment.
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Domestic Violence
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DVSI*
Domestic Violence Screening Inventory
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Format: 12-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: The likelihood that intimate partner violence will be repeated and escalated based on History of Violence, Current Employment, Substance Use, and Relationship with the Victim.
Produces: Overall score indicating likelihood of imminent risk of violence to victim.
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DA
Danger Assessment
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Format: 19-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Level and frequency of physical and verbal violence by partner.
Produces: Risk levels of partner abuse and level of homicide threat.
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SARA
Spousal Assault Risk Assessment
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Format: 20-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: The degree to which an individual poses a threat to his/her spouse, children, family members, or others involved based on Criminal History, Psychosocial Adjustment, Spousal Assault History, and Alleged Current Offense.
Produces: Checklist that determines the extent to which a professional has assessed those risk factors deemed to be of crucial predictive importance according to the clinical and empirical literature.
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Motivation, Goal Planning, and Social Support Assessments
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TMQ*
Treatment Motivation Questionnaire
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Format: 26-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Client internal and external motivation regarding entering treatment, desire for seeking help, and in behavior change.
Produces: Subscales that relate to self-determination theory.
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Goal Setting Worksheets*
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Format: 32-item, 2 worksheets, client-completed, paper
Measures: Allows clients to identify goals for treatment in the following areas: Physical, Emotional / Psychological, Family, Social, Spiritual / Recreation, Other / Work, Substance Abuse, and Education
Produces: Client goal identification and importance / confidence ratings for each goal.
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SAI
Self Assessment Inventory
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Format: 30-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Confidence and Importance levels regarding goals in the following areas: Friend / Family Relationships, Education, Substance Abuse, Self-control, Personal Values, and Handling Emotions.
Produces: At-a-glance understanding of offenders’ goal areas and confidence levels for help with treatment objectives.
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WIWT
What I Want from Treatment
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Format: 69-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Client wants and needs from treatment in the areas of Addictive Behaviors, Emotional, Physical or Legal Concerns, and Kind of Treatment.
Produces: Client’s view of treatment wants, needs, and treatment expectations.
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Mental Health Assessments
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MMSE
Mini Mental Status Exam
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Format: 11-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Degree of current client mental functioning
Produces: Mental impairment level
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PCL-R
Psychopathy Check-List—Revised
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Format: 20-item, interview-driven, paper
Measures: Various symptoms or characteristics of psychopathy, indicating
Produces: Scores reflecting the degree to which an individual resembles the prototypical psychopath, clues to the non-psychopath's unique treatment needs, nomothetic and idiographic interpretations that aid in screening and treatment planning, and indications of which offenders are at highest risk of disrupting treatment efforts and jeopardizing the safety of those around them.
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Self-Control Assessments
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PSI
Problem Solving Inventory
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Format: 35-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Client’s persistence, consequential thinking, problem-solving confidence, and ability to generate alternatives.
Produces: Scores in Problem-Solving Confidence, Approach-Avoidance Problem Solving styles, and Personal Control.
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SAC
Self Assessment of Control
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Format: 24-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Client impulsivity, preference for simple tasks, risk taking, preference for physical activities, self-control skills, and temper management.
Produces: Comparison scores in the above areas indicting which area(s) should likely be a focus of client treatment.
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Substance Abuse Assessments
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ASI
Addiction Severity Index
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Format: 200-item, interview-driven, paper and automated
Measures: Seven potential problem areas in substance abusing patients: medical status, employment and support, drug use, alcohol use, legal status, family/social status, and psychiatric status.
Produces: Severity ratings—subjective ratings of the client's need for treatment, derived by the interviewer. Composite scores—measures of problem severity during the prior 30 days.
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SCQ
Situational Confidence Questionnaire
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Format: 39-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: How confident a client is that he/she will be able to resist drinking heavily in the future, based on analysis of the following areas: Unpleasant Emotions, Physical Discomfort, Pleasant Emotions, Testing Personal Control, Urges and Temptations, Social Problems at Work, Social Tension, and Positive Social Situations.
Produces: Ratings of alcohol-related self-efficacy allowing the client and therapist identify areas of strength and areas of vulnerability in resisting urges to drink.
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SOCRATES 8A / 8D
Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale
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Format: 19-item, client-completed, paper
Measures: Client feelings about current drinking (8A) or drug use (8D).
Produces: Comparison scores identifying whether a client recognizes substance use as a problem, is ambivalent about changing substance use behaviors, or is already taking steps toward change.
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Sexual Offending Assessments
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Static-99
Juvenile Assessment of Sexual Perpetration
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Format: 10-item, interview-driven, paper and automated
Measures: The probability of sexual and violent recidivism among adult males who have already been convicted of at least one sexual offense against a child or non-consenting adult, analyzing the following areas: prior sexual offenses, prior sentencing dates, convictions for non-contact sex offenses, current convictions for non-sexual violence, prior convictions for non-sexual violence, unrelated victims, stranger victims, male victims, age, marital status.
Produces: Percentage of probability of sexual-reconviction in 5 years.
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