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Title:

Offender risk assessment in Virginia : a three-stage evaluation : process of sentencing reform, empirical study of diversion and recidivism, benefit-cost analysis / authored by Brian J. Ostrom ... [et al.].

Publisher:

Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission,
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

130 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Risk assessment--Virginia.
Recidivism--Virginia.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Decision making--Virginia.
Alternatives to imprisonment.

Other Authors:

Ostrom, Brian J.
National Center for State Courts.
Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130).

Contents:

Executive summary -- Introduction -- Risk assessment basics : the Virginia model -- Designing the instrument : Virginia's approach to nonviolent offender risk assessment -- Using the instrument : descriptive results from the pilot study -- Diversion and recidivism in the context of risk assessment -- The benefits and costs of diversion for nonviolent offenders -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Bibliography.

ISBN:

9780896562172
0896562174

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50422008

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)