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- Title
The Re-validation of the Federal Pretrial Services Risk Assessment (PTRA).
- Authors
Cadigan, Timothy P.; Johnson, James L.; Lowenkamp, Christopher T.
- Abstract
The article examines the Federal Pretrial Services Risk Assessment (PTRA) tool, which was added since the approval of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982. The tool was first made by John Goldkamp and Barbara Meierhoefer as Recommendation Guidelines. It was able to detect cases suitable for release and tested in 12 judicial districts in the U.S. The PTRA tool was validated based on the Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Services Automated Case Tracking System.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PRE-trial procedure; TRIALS (Commercial crimes); RISK assessment; GOLDKAMP, John; MEIERHOEFER, Barbara; JUDICIAL districts
- Publication
Federal Probation, 2012, Vol 76, Issue 2, p3
- ISSN
0014-9128
- Publication type
Article