What are Risk Levels and how are they assigned?
The Risk Assessment Review Committee, as established by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is responsible for developing or selecting a sex offender screening tool to be used in determining the level of risk of a person subject to sex offender registration. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, or a court determines the person’s level of risk to the community using the sex offender screening tool developed or selected by the Committee. The screening tool works similar to an insurance actuarial table. It cannot determine whether a particular offender will re-offend. It only indicates that a person with these characteristics has a higher probability of re-offending. Each person released from a penal institution, or placed on community supervision or juvenile probation on or after January 1, 2000, and for whom sex offender registration is required, will be assigned a Risk Level.
