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Over the past two years, the NRRC, in partnership with Drs. Karl Hanson and Guy Bourgon of Public Safety Canada, has facilitated efforts to examine and improve the standardization of the terminology associated with risk and needs levels and the interpretation and application of risk and needs assessment results in correctional settings. From August 2014 to December 2015, the NRRC convened meetings of leading international experts on risk and needs assessments—including researchers from multiple disciplines, scientists, policymakers, and correctional practitioners—to develop a standard way to communicate about risk and needs, regardless of the assessment instrument in use.

This white paper reports the results of those efforts. It is written for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who share the goal of reducing
recidivism by improving the application of risk and needs assessments. Specifically, this white paper presents a model for supporting the implementation of Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) principles (see Box 2 on page 5) through a standardized five-level risk and needs assessment system.
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