Table 9.

Risk Needs Conceptual Definitional Matrix

	RISK FACTORS	NEEDS FACTORS
NON-CRIMINOGENIC	Historical, non-changing factors that are not independently related to future criminal involvement.	Variable, temporal factors that are not independently related to future criminal involvement.
	Non-criminogenic Static Risk Variables	Non-criminogenic Dynamic Needs Variables
	Having an incarceration history Having an institutional escape history History of alcohol problem History of drug problem Prior mental health treatment	Less than high-school education Unable to maintain licit employment for more than a year Frequent address changes Active psychosis Socially isolated
CRIMINOGENIC	Historical, non-changing factors that are statistically predictive of future criminal involvement	Variable, temporal factors that are statistically predictive of future criminal involvement; factors, that when altered, affect the likelihood of future criminal offending
	Criminogenic Static Risk Variables	Criminogenic Dynamic Needs Variables
	Having multiple arrests Having an arrest under the age of 16 Having a prior adult conviction Ever suspended or expelled from school	Currently or frequently unemployed or fired Current financial problems Criminally involved family member or spouse Residence in a high-crime neighborhood Criminally involved friends and associates Current alcohol problem Current drug problem for cocaine and heroin Multiple Arrests during a 2 year window Poor attitude toward current sentence, authority, convention, and supervision experience
	Criminogenic Dynamic Risk Variables
	Multiple arrests in a short period of time Role in commission of criminal behavior Criminal orientation Criminally involved peers or family Failure to appear for a supervision appointment during current sentence