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Northpointe Institute for Public Management is an experienced and nationally recognized correctional consulting and research firm providing software products, training and implementation services to federal, state and local criminal justice systems and policy makers.

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Publications

COMPAS Risk and Needs Assessment

The Taxonomic Challenge to General Theories of Delinquency: Linking Taxonomy Development to Delinquency Theory
Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the COMPAS Risk and Needs Assessment System - Criminal Justice and Behavior
Institutional Assessment and Classification of Women Offenders: From Robust Beauty to Person-Centered Assessment
Towards Explanatory Taxonomy of Adolescent Delinquents - Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Inmate Classification

Practice

Evidence-Based Practices: What's All the Fuss About?
A Guidebook to System Innovation: Lessons and Tools from the Youth Service Improvement Initiative
Lessons Learned: Evidence-Based Practices in the Real World (Posted with permission of the American Probation and Parole Association. Article first appeared in Perspectives, vol. 33, n.1 Winter 2009.)
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation News - Spring 2009
Guidelines for Implementing an Objective Classification System in Jails

Northpointe Research Documents

White Papers

Technical Documents

Press Releases