Handbook on Risk and Need Assessment

Faye S. Taxman, PhD, is a University Professor in the Criminology, Society, and Law program at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and director of its Center for Advancing Corrections Excellence. A well-regarded scholar and researcher, she is Past Chair of the American Society of Criminology's Division on Corrections & Sentencing.

The Value and Importance of Risk and Need Assessment in Corrections & Sentencing: An Overview of the Handbook
Faye S. Taxman, George Mason University
Amy Dezember, George Mason University

History of RNA




Risk and Needs Assessment in Probation and Parole: The Persistent Gap Between Promise and Practice
William D. Burrell



The Research Director Perspective on the Design, Implementation, and Impact of Risk Assessment and Offender Classification Systems in USA Prisons: A National Survey
James Byrne, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Amy Dezember, George Mason University


Methodological Issues in Creating and Validating RNA




Static Risk Factors and Criminal Recidivism
Robert Brame, University of South Carolina



Accuracy of Risk Assessment in Corrections Population Management: Where's the Value Added?
James Hess, University of California, Irvine
Susan Turner, University of California, Irvine



Improving the Performance of Risk Assessments: A Case Study on the Prediction of Sexual Offending among Juvenile Offenders
KiDeuk Kim, The Urban Institute
Grant Duwe, Minnesota Department of Corrections





Using Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning to Improve the Accuracy and Performance of Juvenile Justice Risk Assessment Instruments: The Florida Case Study
Ira M. Schwartz, Consultant and Advisor to Algorhythm
Peter York, Founder and CEO of Algorhythm
Mark Greenwald, Director of Research, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice and Doctoral Student at Florida State University
Ana Ramos-Hernandez, Data Manager, Algorhythm
Lisa Feeley, Research Analyst, ICF International





An Alternative Scientific Paradigm for Criminological Risk Assessment: Closed or Open Systems, or Both?
Tim Brennan, Northpointe, Inc.
Dynamic Risk Factors and Responsivity Toward Different Populations




Risk, Need, and Responsivity in a Criminal Lifestyle
Glenn D. Walters, Kutztown University



Gender-Responsive Risk and Need Assessment: Implications for the Treatment of Justice-Involved Women
Emily J. Salisbury, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Breanna Boppre, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bridget Kelly, University of Nevada, Las Vegas





Advancing Sexual Offender Risk Assessment: Standardized Risk Levels Based on Psychologically Meaningful Offender Characteristics
R. Karl Hanson, Public Safety Canada
Guy Bourgon, Public Safety Canada



Incorporating Procedural Justice and Legitimacy into the RNR Model to Improve Risk-Need Assessment
Katherine Ginsburg-Kempany, Arizona State University
Kimberly A. Kaiser, Arizona State University





Adoption of Risk Tools to Employment Context
Garima Siwach, University at Albany (SUNY)
Shawn D. Bushway, University at Albany (SUNY)





Exploring How to Measure Criminogenic Needs: Five Instruments and No Real Answers
Brittney Via, George Mason University
Amy Dezember, George Mason University
Faye Taxman, George Mason University
RNA Implementation and Practice




Customizing Criminal Justice Assessments
Zachary Hamilton, Washington State University
Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol, Washington State University
Michael Campagna, Washington State University
Jacqueline van Wormer, Washington State University





Risk/Need Assessment Tools and the Criminal Justice Bureaucrat: Reconceptualizing the Frontline Practitioner
Joel Miller, Rutgers University
Sarah Trocchio, Rutgers University





Risky Needs: Risk Entangled Needs in Probation Supervision
Danielle S. Rudes, George Mason University
Jill Viglione, University of Texas, San Antonio
Kimberly S. Meyer, George Mason University
Special Issues Regarding the Conceptualization for RNA




Purpose and Context Matters: Creating a Space for Meaningful Dialogues about Risk and Need
Kelly Hannah-Moffat, Director Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto, Canadiana Gallery



Human Rights and High Risk Offenders: The Right to Rehabilitation and the Right to Fairness
Mary Rogan, Barrister-at-Law, Head of Law and Assistant Head of the School of Languages, Law and Social Sciences, Dublin Institute of Technology