Offender Classifications

(200 words)

Discuss the differences between the different classifications of offenders: low risk, medium risk, high risk.

What are their rates of recidivism?

How does classification inform treatment and/or supervision?

What might happen if a low-risk offender receives high intensity services? What is likely to happen if a high-risk offender is placed in a treatment group with low-risk offenders?

Will the low-risk offenders have a positive effect on the high-risk offender?