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Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System
Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System Nathan James Analyst in Crime Policy July 10, 2018. Congressional Research Service 7-5700. R44087. Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System Summary The number of people incarcerated in Federal prisons increased dramatically over the past three decades. While the number of inmates in the Federal Prison System has decreased since FY2013, the Federal Prison population remains substantially larger than it was three decades ago. Concerns about both the economic and social consequences of the country's reliance on incarceration have led to calls for reforms to the nation's criminal justice System , including improving the Federal Prison System 's ability to rehabilitate incarcerated offenders by better assessing their risk for recidivism and addressing their criminogenic Needs .
that research on the tools have demonstrated their ability to make relevant distinctions between high- and low-risk offenders.9 Nonetheless, risk and needs assessment is not 100% accurate. Two experts in the field note that “[a]lthough statistical risk assessment reduces uncertainty about an
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