United States, Nationwide, federal judicial districts
US Probation and Pretrial Services (federal courts)
Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA), supplied by Developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
OperationalOfficial publicationPAI-52295E2A
- Body
- US Probation and Pretrial Services (federal courts)
- Country
- United States
- Area
- Nationwide, federal judicial districts
- Technology
- Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA)
- Supplier
- Developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
- Status
- Operational
In routine use by the named body, on the evidence of a public source. - Stage
- In use now
- Since
- Not known
- Legal basis
- Not stated in the source
- Oversight
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, which developed the instrument and publishes its research compendium
- Evidence
- Official publication
Police force, government department or public body publication - Source
- US Courts, Post Conviction Risk Assessment page
- Last checked
- Record code
PAI-52295E2A
Notes
The federal judiciary describes the Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) as a "scientifically based instrument developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts" to support post-conviction supervision. It says the instrument helps probation officers focus on people at greatest risk of failing supervision or committing new crimes, and decide which people to target for interventions, which needs to address and how to deliver supervision and treatment. The page does not give a launch date; its earliest research items are a Federal Probation article on the construction and validation of the PCRA (September 2011) and a construction and validation study (November 2012). It does not explain the scoring method.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Probation and Pretrial Services (federal courts)Pretrial Risk Assessment (PTRA) | United StatesNationwide, federal judicial districts | Developed by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts | — | Operational |
Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) elsewhere in United States
See them in the tracker| Deployment | Country | Supplier | Since | Status | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US state courts and corrections agenciesCOMPAS recidivism and pretrial risk scoring | United StatesMultiple US states | Equivant, formerly Northpointe | 2000 | Operational | |
| US pretrial courts (multiple jurisdictions)Public Safety Assessment (PSA) | United StatesNationwide | Developed with support from Arnold Ventures; no commercial vendor | 2013 | Operational | |
| Wisconsin Department of CorrectionsCOMPAS risk and needs assessment | United StatesWisconsin | — | — | Operational | |
| Thurston County Pretrial ServicesPublic Safety Assessment (PSA) | United StatesWashington | — | 2023 | Operational | |
| Federal Bureau of PrisonsPATTERN recidivism risk assessment (First Step Act) | United StatesNationwide | — | — | Operational |