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Dynamic Risk Assessment
Dynamic risk assessment is an abbreviated clinical evaluation which focuses on initial risk/needs assessment to identify those dynamic areas most likely to benefit from intervention.
Dynamic risk assessment determines the timing, focus, format and content of the treatment to be delivered. This is paramount because a large body of research has demonstrated that more serious/higher risk offenders succeed in longer-term and more intensive programs and lower risk offenders fare better in less intensive programs.[1] Dynamic risk assessment will provide dispositional planning including guidelines for community supervision and individualized treatment objectives.
[1] The American Psychiatric Association task force on sexually dangerous offenders: Dangerous Sex Offenders. American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, 1999.