Welcome to the CPAT-R Virtual Pretrial Risk Assessment Education & CPAT-R Training!

Thank you for your interest in taking part in the CPAT-R virtual training. This course will cover a range of topics relating to pretrial risk assessment tools and the CPAT-R. Participants who complete this training will have a broad understanding of pretrial risk assessment tools, what they are designed to do, and what they are not intended to do. This training provides a detailed background about the CPAT-R, how it was developed and tested, and how it is recommended to be used.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome!

    • Welcome

    • Course Introduction

    • Pre-Training Survey

    • CPAT-R Implementation Guide for this training. Download and keep for your records.

  • 2

    Chapter 1 - Pretrial Decisions, Practices, and Policies

    • Chapter 1 - Introduction

    • Pretrial Decision-Making

    • Early and Modern Decision-Making

    • Chapter 1 - Pretrial Decisions, Practices, and Policies Learning Check

  • 3

    Chapter 2 - Pretrial Risk Assessment

    • Chapter 2 - Introduction

    • Pretrial Risk Assessment: Construction and Utility

    • The experts...

    • Risk Factors

    • Types of Risk Factors

    • Common Risk Factors

    • Matrix of Common Risk Factors

    • Chapter 2 - Pretrial Risk Assessment Learning Check

  • 4

    Chapter 3 - Predictive Performance, Bias & Ethics

    • Chapter 3 - Introduction

    • Prediction and Bias

    • Ethics and Risk Assessment

    • The experts...

    • Learning Check - Predictive performance, bias and perceptions

  • 5

    Chapter 4 - CPAT-R Validation Study

    • Validation Study

    • Learning Check - CPAT and CPAT-R

  • 6

    Chapter 5 - The CPAT-R Training

    • Chapter 5 - Introduction

    • CPAT-R Interview

    • CPAT-R Investigation

    • CPATR Items and Definitions

  • 7

    Chapter 6 - CPAT-R Scoring Exercise

    • Chapter 6 - Introduction

    • Example 1: Edwin Sutherland

    • Example 1: Edwin Sutherland Full Score

    • Example 2: Jeremy Bentham

    • Example 2: Jeremy Bentham Full Score

    • Example 3: Marvin Wolfgang

    • Example 3: Marvin Wolfgang Full Score

    • Example 4: Cesare Lombroso

    • Example 4: Cesare Lombroso Full Score

    • Example 5: Jane Addams

    • Example 5: Jane Addams Full Score

    • Example 6: Clifford Shaw

    • Example 6: Clifford Shaw Full Score

    • Example 7: Robert Merton

    • Example 7: Robert Merton Full Score

    • Example 8: Eleanor Glueck

    • Example 8: Eleanor Glueck Full Score

    • Example 9: Emile Durkheim

    • Example 9: Emile Durkheim Full Score

  • 8

    Training Feedback

    • Post-Training Feedback Survey

    • References

  • 9

    CLE Credit Information

    • CLE CREDITS