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Specialized Populations: When is ORAS not enough?

Specialized Populations: When is ORAS not enough?. The Corrections Institute Center for Criminal Justice Research University of Cincinnati. The Ultimate Goal. To develop the most comprehensive view of the person

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Specialized Populations: When is ORAS not enough?

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  1. Specialized Populations: When is ORAS not enough? The Corrections Institute Center for Criminal Justice Research University of Cincinnati

  2. The Ultimate Goal • To develop the most comprehensive view of the person • Incorporate actuarial assessments, structured evaluations, and professional judgment

  3. Best Practices: The Use of a Actuarial Assessment • Medical • Automobile • Insurance • Mechanical • Economics • Healthcare

  4. Anybody Recognize This?

  5. Probably Not. But You Probably Recognize This?

  6. Effectiveness of the QWERTY v DVORAK • Some dispute findings but most accept • DVORAK 33% fewer errors • Guinness Book of World Records • 212 words a minute with DVORAK • 30 times less stressful to hands • Ergonomically superior • Alternate hands • 70% of the keys used are on one row

  7. Why QWERTY over DVORAK? • QWERTY was more effective for typewriters • Why was it not adopted once technology advanced? • We already know what we are doing. • We have been doing this for so long. • It works the way we are doing it. • It is too expensive to change. • It will take too much to relearn what I am doing.

  8. Goal of Assessment • To capture a true picture of the person we are working with regarding his or her strengths, areas of general need, crime producing factors, and support networks

  9. Creating a True Picture Criminogenic Needs Specialized Population Environment Need Specific Assessments Social Support Structured Professional Judgment

  10. Criminogenic Needs • Assess offenders using a valid instrument for the purpose of gathering a composite risk score/level

  11. The Utility of the ORAS • Broad measure of criminogenic needs • Overall risk level • “Red Flags” for domain specific needs • Low • Moderate • High

  12. Use a Valid Risk Assessment Instrument to Predict Recidivism

  13. Specialized Populations • Sexual offenders • Domestic Violence • Operating Motor Vehicle while Intoxicated • Violent offenders • Women offenders • Veteran offenders

  14. Assessing Specialized Populations • Consider general risk • Concentrate on areas that are problematic for that type of offender • Remember, composite risk score relates to the overall likelihood

  15. Who Is More Likely to Reoffend? • 1st time DUI • Drinking at a bar with friends • Crossed the double yellow line • .12 BA • Employed • Has a driver’s license • States “The cop was just doing their job” • “It is not ok to drink and drive” • Family that supports sober lifestyle • 1st time DUI • Drinking at a bar with friends • Crossed the double yellow line • .12 BA • Unemployed • Driving w/o a license • States “The cop was out to get me” • Everyone gets one DUI • Family who engages in alcohol use on a regular basis

  16. DUIs/OMVIs • Not highly related to how much you drink

  17. DUI/OMVI-Multiple DUIs

  18. Two Typologies of DUIs • Problem drinkers who drive • Problem drivers who drink

  19. Offender Types • Sexual offender assessments • Rapid Risk Assessment of Sex Offense Recidivism (RRASOR) • Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool (MnSOST-R) • Static-2002R • Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide (SORAG)

  20. Violent/Anger • HCR-20 • Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG) • Hostile Interpretation Questionnaire (HIQ) • Hostility Inventory

  21. Domestic Violence • Spousal Assault Risk Assessment • Danger Assessment

  22. Individualized Needs within Each Domain Domain Targets for Change Individual Needs

  23. Domain Areas

  24. Targets for Change • Education • Employment • Financial Situation

  25. Family and Social Support • Family of origin • Current family • Community support networks • Housing

  26. Substance Abuse • Alcohol • Drugs • Type of drugs

  27. Substance Abuse Issue with peers? Physiologically Addicted? Poor emotional regulation?

  28. Peers • Prosocial networks • Antisocial networks

  29. Criminal Attitudes and Behavior Problems • Prosocial/Antisocial Attitudes • Empathy/Compassion • Aggressiveness • Risk Taking

  30. Need Specific Assessments

  31. Attitudes, Values, and Beliefs • Criminal Sentiments Scale-M • Circumstances, Motivation, Readiness, & Suitability • Jesness Inventory • Navaco Anger Scale and Provocation Inventory

  32. Drug/Alcohol • Addiction Severity Index • Adult Substance Use Survey • Alcohol use disorders identification test • Level of Care Utilization System

  33. Mental Health • Brief Jail Mental Health Screen • Diagnostic Interview Schedule IV • MMPI-2 • Personality Assessment Inventory • Traumatic Symptom Inventory

  34. Family • Ecomap • Genogram • Norbeck social Support Questionnaire

  35. Education/Employment • Adult Basic Learning Examination • Basic English Skills Test • Burns/Roe Informal Reading Inventory • Slossom Oral Reading Test • Tests of adult Basic Education

  36. Professional Judgment • Within each target—why is this an issue of this individual?

  37. Environment • How does the environment the person interacts within help, hurt, have no impact?

  38. Social Support • What resources does this person have or is available that can be leveraged to meet his/her needs?

  39. Assessment • On-going process • The more we know, the more we can tailor our interventions • One level of assessment is not enough

  40. Brian.Lovins@uc.edu

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