Probation-Based Pretrial Practice in Dutchess County, New York
Author: Mary Ellen Still.
Source: Volume 20, Number 01, May/June 2016 , pp.1-2(2)
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Abstract:
A Dutchess County, New York probation officer highlights key elements in its pretrial programming that seeks to meet the needs of defendants, the courts, the larger criminal justice system, and the community. A linchpin of their approach is the use of the Inventory of Needs (ION) screening tool to evaluate risk.Keywords: Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS); Pathways Perspective; women in the criminal justice system
Affiliations:
1: Dutchess County Office of Probation and Community Corrections.