"By working with Northpointe and the University of New Mexico, we will have an opportunity to conduct further research on our unique inmate population and remain in front of the issue of overcrowded prisons," said Gail Oliver, New Mexico’s Corrections Department, Deputy Secretary for Reentry and Prison Reform. "Using the COMPAS tool will allow us to take a scientific approach to effectively assess the risk and needs of our inmates in a short period of time and determine how we can most effectively treat these needs to improve outcomes for our inmates and lower the chances of them re-entering the prison system."
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. Our internal information technology team employs state of the art programming techniques, continuing to build new inmate classification systems and other assessment and case management tools to provide the next generation of innovation to the field.
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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