ONE affected the distribution of risk level classifications of the DOC population as Following the implementation of the compared to the RLCs under the SRA2. [...] We compare the RLCs of Contact Levels individuals under the new Washington ONE system to the RLCs the same individuals An individual’s score on the Washington ONE would have received under the former SRA2 initially determines his or her contact system.23 standards.25 Contact levels are determined based on the Washington ONE and Risk Assessment Scores characteristics of the individual’s sentence or. [...] For the SRA2, the chart greater than the proportion of individuals in represents what the contact levels would one of the high-risk categories on the SRA2. [...] The difficulties of implementing new risk assessment instruments are well documented.34 The relatively high number of assessments referred for review in the first seven months of the Washington ONE norming period and the absence of complete Washington ONE data for the DOC population suggests the potential for inconsistencies in the initial assessment data. [...] Because each individual under DOC supervision during the transition to the Washington ONE had an updated RLC that reflected their age during the norming period, the most accurate comparison between the Washington ONE and SRA2 systems is one that compares the contact levels under the SRA2 and the contact levels under the Washington ONE on the same date of completion.
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