The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) commissioned researchers from the University of California to evaluate the department’s Inmate Classification Score System (ICSS). The heart of the issue is whether CDCR’s current ICSS accurately assesses an inmate’s threat to institutional safety and accurately places him in the appropriate security and housing level.
Expert Panel Study of the Inmate Classification Score System
Susan Turner, Ph.D., Helen Braithwaite, Ph.D., Joe Tatar, Marisa Omori, & Lauren Kearney, MPH, University of California, Irvine
June 2011
Helen Braithwaite, Ph.D., & Susan Turner, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
April 2011
Amy Murphy, M.P.P. and Susan Turner, Ph.D.
University of California, Irvine
December 2009 (Revised February 2010)
Parole Violation Decision-Making Instrument Process Evaluation
Susan Turner, Ph.D., James Hess, Ph.D., and Jesse Jannetta, M.P.P.
November 2009
Development of the California Static Risk Assessment Instrument (CSRA)