Readington Township is a township located in the easternmost portion of Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.
by multiple agencies and private providers, is the. assessment of future risk by individual sex offenders. Since risk assessment decisions are made in. numerous settings, few people have a. comprehensive understanding of the ways in which. assessment is accomplished. Risk assessment instruments are tools designed to. predict the likelihood that a sex offender will. recidivate (with a sex or other felony offense). These. tools rely on empirically derived or empirically guided. risk factors for criminal outcomes, and produce a. quantitative score that suggests a level of risk for.
However, many of the approaches commonly used with adult sex offenders (e.g., the use of specialized supervision staff, sex offender specific treatment providers, and the polygraph) are being adopted by juvenile supervision agencies around the country.