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Impact and Need Analysis for a Gender Responsive Risk Assessment in Hawaii

Impact and Need Analysis for a Gender Responsive Risk Assessment in Hawaii

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Wong, Timothy

Hawaii. Interagency Council on Intermediate Sanctions (Honolulu, HI)

Published 2008. 2 pages.

The need to implement the Gender Responsive Risk Assessment is examined. The "lack of predictive validity in the current risk classification system [LSI-R] for female offenders may necessitate an alternative classification system that is more accurately predictive of female recidivism" (p. 2). Accession Number: 023329

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