Recidivism risk assessment in the 21st century / John Monahan -- Performance of recidivism risk assessment instruments in correctional settings / Sarah L. Desmarais -- Risk/needs assessment in North America: the CAIS/JAIS approach to assessment / Chris Baird -- Correctional offender management profiles for alternative sanctions (COMPAS) / Tim Brennan -- The federal post-conviction risk assessment instrument: a tool for predicting recidivism for offenders on federal supervision / Thomas H. Cohen -- The inventory of offender risks, needs, and strengths (IORNS) / Holly Miller -- The level of service (LS) instruments / J. Stephen Wormith -- The Ohio risk assessment system / Edward J. Latessa -- Self-appraisal questionnaire (SAQ): a tool for assessing violent and non-violent recidivism / Wagdy Loza -- Service planning instrument (SPIn) / Natalie J. Jones -- The static risk offender needs guide-revised (STRONG-R) / Zachary Hamilton -- Risk/needs assessment abroad: offender group reconviction scale / Philip Howard -- Forensic operationalized therapy/risk evaluation system (FOTRES) / Leonel C. Gonalves -- The RisCanvi: a new tool for assessing risk for violence in prison and recidivism / Antonio Andres-Pueyo -- Risk assessment: where do we go from here? / Faye S. Taxman.