TY - JOUR PY - 1994// TI - A study of the outcomes of probation officers and risk-screening instruments classifications JO - Journal of criminal justice A1 - Sigler, Robert A1 - Williams, Jimmy J. SP - 495 EP - 502 VL - 22 IS - 6 N2 - Risk-screening instruments have become quite popular in assisting probation officers in determining the level of supervision which their clients should receive while they serve their sentence in the community. This study compares the outcome of probation officers' classifications with predictions of likelihood of success derived from four risk-screening instruments. The results indicate that probation officers' predictions were better than two of the risk-screening instruments, were as accurate as another, and not as accurate as the fourth in determining the probability that the probationer would successfully complete the terms of probation. The findings of this study are discussed in terms of the cost issue involved in classifying offenders for probation supervision.

LA - SN - 0047-2352 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0047-2352(94)90091-4 ID - ref1 ER -