Community Solutions Toolkit

Risk Screening Tool & Risk-Needs Assessment Implementation Checklists

Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice (2016). RFK Children’s Action Corps.

 

These Checklists were developed to assist probation departments and juvenile justice agencies in their review and evaluation of the quality of their implementation practices and quality assurance methods and mechanisms in relation to their risk assessment and risk-needs-responsivity tools.

 

Risk and Needs Assessment for Youths

Development Services Group, Inc. (2015, January). Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

 

Application and Implementation of Risk Assessment in the Juvenile Justice for the Courts

Vincent, G. M. (2015, April 20). Science in the Courtroom. MacArthur Foundation, the National Institute of Drug Abuse.

 

This article describes how to select a valid risk assessment tool, how to use it to guide case management, the research evidence on what works and what does not, and pointers for judges in the interest of maintaining checks and balances on the process.

 

Michigan Juvenile Offender Risk Assessment Survey Report

Strategic Focus Team 2. (2013). Juvenile Justice Vision 20/20.

 

This report reflects the culmination of efforts by JJ Vision 20/20 to survey all 83 counties to assess the nature and use of risk assessment tools in Michigan’s juvenile courts, and summarize relevant findings and their practical and policy implications. The report serves as a resource and stimulus for jurisdictions across the state as they seek to implement, utilize, improve, and/or evaluate a risk assessment process to more effectively and efficiently serve client youth and families.

 

Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation

Vincent, G. M., Guy, L. S., Grisso, T. (2012, November 6). MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change,.

 

This Guide provides a structure for jurisdictions, juvenile probation or centralized statewide agencies striving to implement risk assessment or to improve their current risk assessment practices. 

 

Screening and Assessment Tools Database

Vincent, G., & Williams, V. (2009, August 17). National Youth Screening & Assessment Project, MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change.

 

The database provides a template for a consistent method of recording important characteristics of mental health screening and assessment tools and can serve as a model for juvenile justice agencies interested in selecting a tool.

 

16th Judicial District Court - Juvenile Justice System Provider Survey (Self Report Survey 2007)

Phillippi, S., Cocozza, J. J., & Shufelt, J. L. (2007). MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change (Louisiana).

 

This survey was developed to assess methods of identifying the needs of youth who come in contact with the juvenile justice system in Louisiana and the extent to which evidence-based and promising practices are used to address those needs.

 

Louisiana Juvenile Justice System Screening & Assessment & Treatment Services Survey

Phillippi, S. (2009, September 28). MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change (Louisiana).

 

The goal of this survey is to inventory the screening and assessment procedures and existing services and programs available – a critical first step to developing a plan for the adoption and expansion of evidence-based practices.

 

Information Sharing Tool Kit-Second Edition

Child Welfare League of America and Juvenile Law Center (2008). MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change.

 

This tool-kit provides guidance to jurisdictions seeking to improve their information and data sharing practices and ultimately improve the outcomes for youth.