PSRAC
Validation of Risk Assessment Tools
Helps practitioners understand what validation is, why it is important, and how to interpret some of the commonly used validation metrics to ensure the validity of risk assessment tools.
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