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risk scales & HandbooksPlease note: The following
information is available in Adobe Acrobat (version 6.0) Colorado Actuarial Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS)The Division of Criminal Justice is mandated by statute to develop actuarial risk assessment instruments for use by the state parole board when it considers inmates for release to parole supervision. Over the years, the Colorado Actuarial Risk Assessment Scale (CARAS) has been revised many times to accommodate changes in the characteristics of prisoners. The CARAS applies to both men and women. Accompanying is a brief description of the current version (5) of the CARAS, external reviews by criminologists Christopher Baird and Gerald Gaes, an overview of the CARAS in PowerPoint presentation format, and the scale (with item weights and scoring categories).
Sex Offender Risk Assessments (SORS, SVP, and the SOMB Checklist)The General Assembly also mandated that DCJ develop a risk assessment tool to assist in the determination of sexually violent predators (SVPs). An offender's score on the Sex Offender Risk Scale (SORS) is one of four criteria identified by the state Sex Offender Management Board (SOMB) to be included in the recommendation to the court regarding the SVP designation for offenders whose crime qualifies for possible SVP status, per Colorado Revised Statute 18-3-414.5(1). The SORS, then, is incorporated into a larger decision-making tool (the Colorado Sexually Violent Predator Assessment Screening Instrument). The SORS was developed using actuarial methods and cannot be modified without additional empirical research. The non-SORS SVP designation criteria were developed by an expanded membership of the SOMB that convened for the purpose of explicitly defining the statutory criteria. The non-SORS criteria may change over time should policy makers decide to reconsider the current screening process. Each of the seven dynamic items in the SOMB Checklist (three of which are included in the SORS) statistically correlated with problems in treatment and supervision within the first 12 months following sentencing. The instrument was developed and tested without instructions, yet reliability rates for each item were very high. It has the capacity to be used over time to document an offender's changes in each of the domains. Accompanying are the handbooks, instruments, and additional resource material.
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