Why did the YJB include static factors to determine the likelihood of reoffending component of the Scaled Approach?
Incorporating static factors to determine likelihood of reoffending improves the predictive accuracy of Asset. The decision to go with these four static factors was based on: • the Asset research • that the static factors are already known and understood as part of Asset and therefore represent a relatively simple and straightforward change to the scoring process for practitioners • giving an appropriate and proportionate static score/dynamic score balance in the overall score of likelihood of reoffending (approximately 25% static and 75% dynamic) • risk-based pilot sites using a similar set of factors and finding it useful.
