Which answer is not a development using risk assessment instruments since the 1970s?

a. Decision making by parole boards.
b. Identify the level and intensity of community supervision.
c. Coordination with the police to identify gang members.
d. A foundation for the use of sentencing guidelines by the courts.


Summarize the evolution of offender classification over the past century.
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