INEFFICIENT STATISTICS (FROM PROBATION, PAROLE, AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. 2D ED., 1976 BY ROBERT M CARTER AND LESLIE T WILKINS - SEE NCJ-35412)

• NCJ Number: 35422
• Author(s): L T WILKINS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE CONSIDERS THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART OF PREDICTION, EXAMINES WHAT IMPROVEMENTS SEEM LIKELY TO BE ACHIEVED IF THEY ARE SOUGHT, AND TESTS EACH CASE AGAINST ITS UTILITY IN RESPECT TO PAROLE BOARD DECISIONS.

Abstract

POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN PREDICTION TABLE BUILDING COVERED INCLUDE DYNAMIC CODING, SEQUENTIAL METHODS, NONCLINICAL ORIENTATION, MULTIPLE CODING AND FREE SCALES, AND STABLE PREDICTORS.