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"The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections contracted [grant numbers 2005-JG-E0R-6269 and 2005-JG-C01-T8307] with the University of Cincinnati, Center for Criminal Justice Research to create a risk assessment system that would provide assessments at multiple points in the criminal justice system and that was validated on an Ohio population.
7 147The Ohio Risk Assessment System Edward J. Latessa, Brian Lovins, and Jennifer Lux Overview 147 Theoretical Framework 150 The Creation and Validation of the ORAS 150 Administering the ORAS 151 Training Requirements and Qualifications 152 The Validity of the Ohio Risk Assessment System 153 Ohio Validation 153 ORAS Pretrial Assessment Tool 153
THE OHIO RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (ORAS) was developed as a statewide system to assess the risk and needs of Ohio offenders in order to improve consistency and facilitate communication across criminal justice agen-cies. The goal was to develop assessment tooLs that were predictive of recidivism at multiple points in the criminal jusfice system.
system with interconnected assessment tools that can be deployed at various stages in the justice system. Once ORAS is in place, it will enhance the effectiveness of the criminal justice system, thereby contributing to greater public safety, reduced recidivism, and successful offender reintegration. Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS)
were related to recidivism: The Pretrial Assessment Tool, The Community Supervision Tool, The Community Supervision Screening Tool, The Prison Intake Tool, and the Reentry Tool. Validation involved examining the predictive power of the assessment instruments.
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focusing on offender risk and recidivism. In the state of Ohio, the current risk assessment tool used by the justice system is the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS), which was created by researchers at the University of Cincinnati in conjunction with the Ohio Department of
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Nov 29, 2017 · In 2009, the University of Cincinnati Corrections Institute, in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, created and validated the Ohio Risk Assessment System (ORAS)—a fourth generation actuarial risk assessment system designed to help correctional agencies identify offenders' risk and criminogenic need factors.
