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PSRAC
Validation of and Revision to the VRAG and SORAG: The Violence Risk Appraisal Guide-- Revised (VRAG-R)
Summarizes the development and validation of the VRAG-R and then examines the accuracy of it and its predecessor—the VRAG—over fixed durations of opportunity ranging from 6 months to 49 years.
Why Inter-rater Reliability Matters for Recidivism Risk Assessment
Interprets the concept of inter-rater reliability and its implications for the performance and implementation of risk assessment tools.
Validation
Women's Risk Factors and Their Contributions to Existing Risk/Needs Assessment: The Current Status of a Gender-Responsive Supplement
Assesses a series of gender-responsive assessment models for their predictive validity and their contributions to gender-neutral risk needs assessments.
Author
Patricia Van Voorhis, Emily M. Wright, Emily Salisbury, and Ashley Bauman