RISK AND NEEDS LEVELS

The charts in this section detail the risk and need levels of residents during FY ’05 according to CJAD Case Classification Risk/Needs Assessment.

The personal interview is the primary tool in the initial assessment phase. However, the case classification scale calls for some objective information including the number of address changes, percentage of time employed, alcohol and drug usage, age at first adjudication of guilt, number of prior probations or parole supervision, number of prior revocations, number of prior felony adjudications of guilt, and an assessment of assaultive offenses within the last five years. The weights on the scale are related to the strength of the correlation with success or failure. For example, if the offender was convicted of an assaultive offense within the last five years, eight points would be assigned which might place the offender at maximum risk on a higher level of supervision, at least initially. The majority of felony and misdemeanor residents were scored in the maximum risk area. 

The following chart outlines intake risk levels by type.  As you will notice, the majority, 145 (79%), of the new residents scored at the maximum level on the risk assessment.