00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.837233 CaOODSP 20221107151105 cr ||||||||||| 170905s2017 oncd ob f000 0 eng d 978-0-660-08628-6 CaOODSP eng n-cn--- PS113-1/2017-9E-PDF Gutierrez, Leticia. What we know and don’t know about risk assessment with offenders of Indigenous heritage [electronic resource] / by Leticia Gutierrez, L. Maaike Helmus, R. Karl Hanson. [Ottawa] : Public Safety Canada, c2017. 14 p. : chart Research report ; 2017-R009 Issued also in French under title: Ce que nous savons et ne savons pas au sujet de l’évaluation du risque que présentent les délinquants d’origine autochtone. Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. “The over-representation of Indigenous offenders in the Canadian criminal justice system highlights the need for research on the applicability of risk assessment for this group. Given that most decisions throughout an offender’s progression through the criminal justice system are guided by the outcomes of risk assessment, it is essential that risk assessments be structured, objective, reliable and transparent. Furthermore, it is imperative that these risk assessments be empirically validated in order to defend their use with a diverse offender population. Meta-analyses and large-sample studies have demonstrated that the major risk factors and commonly used risk assessment scales predict recidivism for Indigenous offenders, but the predictive accuracy is weaker for Indigenous compared to non-Indigenous offenders. Given the consequences of risk assessment for offenders and matters of public safety, the reasons for these differences remain an important topic of research. Despite the evidence gaps, the available research supports the use of empirically validated structured risk assessments with offenders of Indigenous heritage, until there is more research done to better understand differences in predictive accuracy"--Abstract, p. 1. gccst Inmates gccst Aboriginal peoples gccst Risk management Helmus, Leslie. Hanson, R. Karl, (Robert Karl), 1957- Canada. Public Safety Canada. Research Division. Ce que nous savons et ne savons pas au sujet de l’évaluation du risque que présentent les délinquants d’origine autochtone (CaOODSP)9.837235 Research report (Canada. Public Safety Canada) 2017-R009 (CaOODSP)9.817073 PDF 306 KB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/sp-ps/PS113-1-2017-9-eng.pdf