Risk assessment & risk management : Risk assessment and risk management : a Canadian criminal justice perspective

Critical to maximizing the accuracy of both offender risk assessment and offender risk management strategies is the availability of accurate information to assist with the various assessment processes and the development of a realistic offender risk management strategy. [...] Factored into the historical perspective are references and the contributions that the following key documents made to the evolution of enhanced decision making: Ticket of Leave Act; Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada (Archambault Commission); Committee to Inquire into the Principles and Procedures followed by the Remission Service of the Department of Justice of Canada; Pa [...] The role of the community parole officer in the supervision of the offender and the management of the offender’s risk is highlighted. [...] Of course, the goal is to maximize the numbers in quadrants “A” and “D”, and achieve a positive correlation between the prediction and the outcome. [...] Section 5 in the 'Standards' document required that there be a "systematic method of assessing the needs of the offender, the risk of re- offending and any other factor which might affect the offender's successful reintegration into the community.”.