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Assessing Risk Among Pretrial Defendants in Virginia: The Virginia Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument

Assessing Risk Among Pretrial Defendants in Virginia: The Virginia Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument

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Van Nostrand, Marie

Virginia Dept. of Criminal Justice Services (Richmond, VA)

Published 2003. 38 pages.

The development of this instrument is explained along with application instruction. Nine risk factors are utilized to classify a defendant according to five risk levels. This report is comprised of the following sections: executive summary; introduction; pretrial risk assessment; research methods; instrument development; instrument application; and future plans. Accession Number: 019500

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