Risk of Reoffending/Risk Screening/Violence | National Youth Screening & Assessment Partners (NYSAP)

Racist Algorithms or Systemic Problems? Risk Assessments and Racial Disparities (2021)

Gina M. Vincent, Jodi L. Viljoen

Risk-Need-Responsivity Meets Mental Health: Implementation Challenges in Probation Case Planning (2021)

Gina M. Vincent, Rachael T. Perrault, Dara C. Drawbridge, Gretchen O. Landry, Thomas Grisso

Prisons are not the answer to preventing crime (2019)

Jodi Viljoen, Gina Vincent

Impact of Risk Assessment Instruments on Rates of Pretrial Detention, Postconviction Placements, and Release: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Jodi L. Viljoen, Melissa R. Jonnson, Dana M. Cochrane, Lee M. Vargen, Gina M. Vincent

Studying Drivers of Risk and Needs Assessment Instrument Implementation in Juvenile Justice (2018)

Gina Vincent, Christopher J. Sullivan, Carrie Sullivan, Laura Guy, Edward Latessa, Jennifer Tyson, & Benjamin Adams

Risk Assessment and Behavioral Health Screening Project (2018)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Preventing Prison Rape: Designing and Validating a PREA Screening Tool for Pre-trial Juvenile Detention Centers (2018)

Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D., Jack Fitzgerald, & Patricia Nunez

The MASTLE: Obtaining Legitimacy Through Fair, Impartial, and Objective Decision-Making (2017)

Michael Gropman, Ed.D., Deputy Superintendent, Brookline, Massachusetts, Police Department and Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School

To learn more about the MASTLE and request a free copy, please click here.

Issue Brief: Using Risk Assessment and Risk-Needs-Responsivity Principles in Juvenile Justice (2016)

Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D.

How to Get the Most Out of Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice (2013)

by Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D. & Laura S. Guy, Ph.D.

Reprinted by permission of the American Probation and Parole Association [Perspectives, Summer, 2013]

Risk Assessment in Juvenile Justice: A Guidebook for Implementation (2012)

Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D., Laura S. Guy, Ph.D., and Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.

Empirical support for aspects of the manual can be found in the following publications:

Vincent, G. M., Guy, L. E., Fusco, S.L., & Gershenson, B.G. (2011). Field reliability of the SAVRY with probation officers: Implications for training. Law Hum Behav. 2012 Jun;36(3):225-36. doi: 10.1007/s10979-011-9284-2.
Vincent, G. M., Guy, L. E., Gershenson, B.G., & McCabe, P. (2012). Does risk assessment make a difference? Results of implementing the SAVRY in juvenile probation. Behav Sci Law. 2012 Jul;30(4):384-405. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2014.
Vincent, G. M., Paiva-Salisbury, M. L.,Cook, N. E., Guy, L. S., Perrault, R. T. (2012). Impact of risk/needs assessment on juvenile probation officers’ decision making: Importance of implementation. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law. 2012 Nov; 18(4):549-576. doi: 10.1037/a0027186.

Screening and Assessment in the Juvenile Justice Systems: Identifying Mental Health Needs and Risk of Reoffending (2012 | Video)

Gina M. Vincent, Ph.D.

This video presentation was made possible through generous support of John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: Models for Change. Presented by the Center for Safe Schools.