This Information Session will teach you about the various Risk and Needs Assessment Tools used by criminal justice agencies in the District of Columbia.

Risk and Needs Assessment Tools are a form of data-driven actuarial tools that can assist with decision-making around supervision, management, and treatment of justice-involved populations. These tools input a variety of factors including static factors like: age, gender, past criminal history, and dynamic factors like: employment status, drug use, or living situations and produce a risk or needs score.