NCJ Number
154184
Date Published
1993
Length
89 pages
Annotation
This research examines the validity of an enhanced case-management approach to offender needs identification and analysis in Canada.
Abstract
The Case Needs Identification and Analysis portion of the Offender Intake Assessment Process was adapted and piloted in the Ontario region for community corrections. Although the Case Needs Identification and Analysis protocol had collapsed the 12 need areas of the Community Risk/Needs Management Scale into seven need areas, the individual ratings for both criminal risk and case need levels were retained, as well as the individual rating for each target domain. In addition, the community version of Case Needs Identification and Analysis was enhanced to capture current employment status, need for intervention, level of motivation for intervention, and whether there is a special National Parole Board condition that could be used for an intervention. A sample of 604 federally sentenced adult offenders (573 males and 31 females), who had been released from institutions in the Ontario region over a 6-month period, was obtained. The community-based Case Needs Identification and Analysis was administered by case managers at 22 parole offices. The results of the Case Needs Identification and Analysis pilot study validated previous findings regarding the operational value of systematically assessing and reassessing offender risk and need. Both male and female offenders on conditional release were easily differentiated by case managers as to the nature and level of criminal risk and case needs presented. 45 tables, 11 references, and an appended copy of the instrument used in the study.