Week 3: Risk Assessment 175 words How can you best utilize risk assessment?How can you leverage the information from risk assessments to improve an individual’s chance of avoiding recidivism?Are ther

Week 3: Risk Assessment  175 words

• How can you best utilize risk assessment?
• How can you leverage the information from risk assessments to improve an individual’s chance of avoiding recidivism?
• Are there any disadvantages to using risk assessments?

For this assignment, you are the court intake processor at a federal court where you handle offender intake. You have been

 assigned to write a 700- to 1,050-word report assessing different risk assessment methodologies. 

Specifically, your paper should do the following: 

• Select two risk assessment methodologies to analyze: one risk assessment methodology for intake process and a different risk assessment methodology for reentry into society.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the risk assessment methodology related to the intake process. Consider the following question in your paper:
• How does the methodology look at risks related to the offender such as sex, age, criminal history, substance abuse, and behavior health needs?
• Discuss advantages and disadvantages of the risk assessment methodology related to reentry into society. Consider the following questions in your paper:
• How does the methodology look at family situations?
• How does the methodology look at employment possibilities?
• How does the methodology look at services such as health care and mental health and housing?

Cite at least 2 resources using APA format.