Validation of the custody rating scale for Black men offenders / Laura McKendy, Andrew Woodard & Leslie Anne Keown.: PS83-3/474E-PDF

"The Custody Rating Scale (CRS) is an instrument employed by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) to assist in determining an offender's initial security classification. The CRS is comprised of two subscales, Institutional Adjustment and Security Risk, with scores in turn informing a CRS designation of minimum, medium, or maximum security. As per Commissioner's Directive 705-7, the CRS is used in conjunction with structured professional assessment of an offender's institutional adjustment, escape risk, and public safety risk to determine an appropriate Offender Security Level (OSL). Prior validation studies have examined the validity of the CRS for Indigenous and non-Indigenous offenders, however, the tool's validity for Black offenders has yet to be assessed. As part of a series of validation studies, the present analysis examines the validity of the CRS for Black men offenders admitted to federal custody on a Warrant of Committal (WOC; N =1,813) or following a revocation of conditional release (N = 428) between 2013/2014 and 2018/2019"---Executive summary, page iii.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Correctional Service Canada, issuing body.
Title Validation of the custody rating scale for Black men offenders / Laura McKendy, Andrew Woodard & Leslie Anne Keown.
Series title Research report ; no. R-474
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Validation de l'échelle de classement par niveau de sécurité pour les délinquants noirs.
Includes bibliographical references (page 14).
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario : Correctional Service of Canada = Service correctionnel Canada, 2023.
Author / Contributor McKendy, Laura, author.
Description 1 online resource (vii, 17 pages).
ISBN 9780660692364
Catalogue number
  • PS83-3/474E-PDF
Subject terms Male prisoners -- Canada -- Classification -- Statistics.
Male prisoners -- Risk assessment -- Canada -- Statistics.
Prison discipline -- Canada -- Statistics.
Parole revocation -- Canada -- Statistics.
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