Actuarial pretrial assessments, like the Public Safety Assessment (PSA), estimate the likelihood that people will appear in court for pretrial proceedings and remain arrest-free while on pretrial release.
While studies show that pretrial assessments improve decision making and outcomes, completing regular validation studies every one to three years helps ensure that the tool is predictive for the local population and determines whether it worsens inherent bias.
In this training, you’ll learn the basic overview of validating pretrial assessments. You will also learn about several local PSA validation studies and the lessons learned from these studies.
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