The Women’s Risk Needs Assessment: Putting Gender at the Forefront of Actuarial Risk Assessment

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

4-12-2016

Publication Title

Penal Reform International

Abstract

Women have distinct pathways to offending to men, often marked by violence, abuse, trauma, mental illness and unhealthy relationships – all factors which translate into needs and risk factors for reoffending. However, traditional risk and need assessments are designed with male offenders in mind. This blog post by criminologists, Breanna Boppre and Emily Salisbury of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, summarizes the gender-specific risk assessment that was designed specifically for women in the U.S. to bring gender to the foreground of offender rehabilitation.


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