CAPS Fall Training 2018
CPAT
This year’s spring training will be a mirroring 3.5 hour session (morning and afternoon) all about the Colorado Pretrial Risk Assessment Tool (CPAT). The CAPS Executive Board will be leading the training with several scenarios and examples to provide opportunities on scoring in hopes of promoting discussion for clarification/guidelines on the tool’s questions. Interview tips and techniques will also be discussed during this session. In addition, the CAPS Executive Board would like to welcome Dr. Victoria Terranova and Dr. Kyle Ward who are both professors in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. They will be leading the upcoming CPAT Revision Project which will re-assess the validity, impact, and implementation of the CPAT (see below description). They have prepared a short presentation regarding the phases of this project and will present at the beginning of each session. You do not want to miss this! See below for registration information. Please register early as space is limited.
Date:Friday, April 27, 2018
Time: Morning Session: 8:30am-12:00pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00pm-4:30pm
(Identical Sessions)
Cost:$20 for CAPS Members
$30 for Non-Members
Location: Jefferson County Courthouse, 100 Jefferson County Pkwy, Golden CO 80401
Faculty/Presenters: Dr. Kyle Ward and Dr. Victoria Terranova of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice-University of Northern Colorado, CAPS Executive Board
Dr. Victoria Terranova and Dr. Kyle Ward, both from the University of Northern Colorado’s (UNC) Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, will present on the current CPAT project they are working on. The purpose of this project is to re-assess the validity, impact, and implementation of the CPAT. In the years since the development and execution of the CPAT, the opportunity has presented itself to revise the tool and examine consistent use across the counties of Colorado. The goal is to improve the effectiveness of the CPAT at assessing a defendant’s pretrial risk to return to court and/or remaining law abiding. The project specifically seeks to include evaluation of the CPAT’s current risk assignment success rate, its risk levels, and determination of bond conditions. The implementation phase will include on-site observation of the CPAT’s use across participating counties, and identification of best practices for continuing use of the CPAT. The final report will encompass the findings generated from the evaluation and implementation phases, as well as recommendations for revision to the CPAT, and its use in a pretrial setting.As pretrial collaborators and practitioners (CAPS and the PEN), we recognize that effective pretrial risk assignment carries a variety of advantages to include minimizing the negative impact of detention on defendants’ daily lives, reducing the financial disparity in the bail process, relieving overcrowded jail populations, and informing assignment of conditions of bond supervision using evidence-based practices. This project seeks to strengthen our work toward achieving a fairer and just criminal justice system.
Registration
Online Registration:
-Electronic payment is available via PayPal on the CAPS website at under the Membership-Paypal link
-Please complete one registration form per attendee.
-Registration forms can be scanned and emailed to:
- Allison Heemer, CAPS Treasurer,
AND
- Mallory Coleman, CAPS Secretary,
Mail In Registration:
-Checks payable to: CAPS (Federal EIN#20-2384017)
-Registration forms must arrive with payment to secure registration. Please complete one registration form per attendee.
-Mail registration form and payment to:
Allison Heemer, CAPS Treasurer
PO Box 40591
Denver, CO 80204
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY April 13, 2018
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