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New Jersey's Statewide Risk Screening Tool - JDAI Helpdesk

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Why a Single, <strong>Statewide</strong> <strong>Tool</strong>?<br />

PURPOSE/BENEFITS OF RISK TOOL<br />

! Promotes Fairness<br />

Decisions affecting kids’ deprivation of liberty are<br />

guided by criteria that are clearly related to the<br />

purpose of detention<br />

! Promotes Consistency, Equity<br />

Criteria are objectively measured and applied<br />

uniformly across cases, which results in similar<br />

outcomes for youth similarly situated in terms of<br />

delinquency

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