At Northpointe we have a highly skilled in-house research and development team. Our expert team dedicates itself to the exploration of new ideas and tools to support learning and contribute to the growing knowledge base of effective practices in criminal justice. The team conducts ongoing research in support of the further development of the COMPAS Software Suite applications. Northpointe’s desire to apply current research creates a culture that encourages continuous improvement. Working with agencies across the country, we are implementing leading edge tools and practices to improve decision making and support agencies as they move toward improved performance and outcomes.

Northpointe’s research and development team is advancing our understanding of criminal justice populations. Using sophisticated statistical models, we are able to see and understand a more holistic compilation of risk and needs present in the lives of people involved in the criminal justice system. These holistic renderings are ushering in a new way of appreciating the match between client service needs and effective case management strategies to better mitigate offender risk and needs. Our work with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for example, has empirically revealed these patterns for women, validating the theoretical research into the pathways women take into crime.

These techniques are also informing our work with judges and other key stakeholders where science is brought to the bench informing a more complete understanding of the individual. Using advanced pattern recognition, we are able to match individuals with a combination of evidence-based supervision and treatment strategies that account for the complexity of needs present in criminal justice populations.

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