A large proportion of people in the criminal justice system have substance addictions: a Bureau of Justice Statistics study found, for example, that n...
This report from Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART Office) of the Office of Justice Progra...
Random forest modeling techniques represent an improvement over the methodologies of traditional risk prediction instruments. Random forests allow for...
This report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics examines seasonal patterns in violent and household property incidents in the United States from 199...
Risk assessment instruments figure prominently in current criminal justice reforms, but their use is controversial. The principal concern is that bene...
This bulletin from the Bureau of Justice Statistics provides estimates for the rates and levels of victimization in the United States in 2013, as well...
The past several years have seen a surge of interest in using risk assessment in criminal sentencing, both to reduce recidivism and to reduce prison p...