CORR 449 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Substance Abuse
15 Mar 2017
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Can force to take medication to make competent for trial. Rely on the informal and unstructured collection of information. Represent structures formats for collecting and integrating information. Identify significant social, educational, emotional, behavioral needs underlying risk. Provide for the assessment of the full range of risk, need, and responsivity factors known to be associated with youth crime. Provide a link between these factors and case planning and management. Yield normative data so that individual cases can be evaluated with reference to other young people at the same age level. Incorporate a professional override and generally value professional tems. Incorporate a professional override and generally value professional discretion. Be accepted as a useful tool by professional worker. Benefits of standardized assessments for the case worker. Assists in collection and recording relevant information; insures that key questions are asked and documented. Assists in case planning; helps in forming judgments about risk and need and linking with program planning.
