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The Adolescent Chemical Dependency Inventory (ACDI) is a short non-offensive self-report test that obtains a lot of important information quickly. The ACDI assesses troubled youth in schools, counseling and treatment settings. The ACDI has 105 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. It has five scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Adjustment Scale, 3. Distress Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale and 5. Drugs Scale. Specific intervention, counseling and treatment recommendations are provided.

Designed for school, juvenile court and juvenile probation department use. Version II has a Violence (Lethality) Scale. Version II has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. Version II has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Adjustment, 4. Stress Coping Abilities, 5. Distress, 6. Alcohol, and 7. Drugs. Specific attained score-related intervention, treatment and probation recommendations are made for each of these scales. If you are looking for a juvenile (male and female) assessment instrument that includes violence (lethality), we recommend you consider the ACDI-Corrections Version II.

Designed for adult presentence evaluation. The APE evolved from the Offender Assessment Index (OAI). The APE incorporates a DSM-IV Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. APE has 158 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Resistance Scale, 3. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale, 5. Alcohol Scale, 6. Drugs Scale and 7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The APE classifies substance abuse and dependency in term of DSM-IV criteria, while concurrently measuring alcohol and drug use severity. It is appropriate for misdemeanor and felony offender assessment.

Designed for adult (male & female) pretrial defendants. Appropriate for misdemeanor and felony cases. The APT contains 7 measures (scales): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Antisocial and 7. Stress Coping. The Adult Pretrial Test (APT) has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. APT reports are computer-scored and printed on-site within 2½ minutes of test data entry. The APT evolved from the Defendant Questionnaire. The APT has been standardized on the adult defendant population.

A structured interview that can be used with adult Risk & Needs tests. Available only to Risk & Needs test users. Its use is optional (not required). The ACSI obtains background and criminogenic needs information. It is an interview and not a test. The ACSI consists of 65 multiple choice questions and takes 15 minutes to complete. The ACSI is truly a structured interview. The ACSI is free (no cost).

The Automated Focused Interview (AFI) is a structured interview -- not a test. Use of the AFI is voluntary (not required), and it is free. However, AFI use is limited to evaluators using the Driver Risk Inventory-II, DRI-II Short Form, Reinstatement Review Inventory (RRI) or the RRI-II. Some driver evaluators want more history than others.

Designed for adult (male and female) court-related defendant assessment. It is appropriate for Drug Courts and general court populations. It is appropriate for misdemeanor and felony cases. The DQ has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, 6. Substance Abuse/Dependency and 7. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. Substance Abuse/Dependency is classified in terms of DSM-IV criteria, while measuring the severity of alcohol and drug use. And, the DQ incorporates ASAM compatible treatment recommendation.

For domestic violence offender assessment. The DVI evaluates lethality, control issues, substance abuse and much more. It has 155 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The DVI has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The Truthfulness Scale detects denial, deception and faking. The DVI is a popular and widely used adult domestic violence perpetrator assessment instrument.

Designed for evaluating juveniles (14 to 18 years) accused or convicted of domestic violence. The DVI-Juvenile has 149 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The DVI-Juvenile has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. In addition to Truthfulness, Alcohol and Drugs, this test has a Violence (Lethality) Scale, Control Scale and Stress Coping Abilities Scale. A popular test for juvenile domestic violence caseloads and counseling programs.

For measuring domestic violence treatment outcome. The same test is given before and after treatment. Upon posttest it compares pre-post test results in a DVI Pre-Post report. It has 147 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The DVI Pre-Post has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Control, 4. Alcohol, 5. Drugs, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Although this test evolved from the DVI, it objectively compares pretest and posttest scores. It is one of a few tests that provides an outcome measure. If you want to know if domestic violence treatment was effective, we recommend you consider the DVI Pre-Post.

The DVI-Short Form is a brief, easily administered and automated (computer-scored) adult domestic violence test. It has 76 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Short Form has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Violence (Lethality) Scale, 3. Control Scale, 4. Alcohol Scale, 5. Drugs Scale and 6. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The DVI-Short Form assesses attitudes and behaviors important in domestic violence offender evaluation. The DVI-Short Form is appropriate for reading impaired assessment and high volume testing programs. The DVI-Short Form is a popular domestic violence offender assessment instrument or test.

For DUI/DWI offender assessment. It has 140 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The DRI-II has six scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Substance Abuse/Dependency, 5. Driver Risk, and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. Incorporates DSM-IV classification criteria with independent measures of alcohol and drug abuse severity. Standardized on over one million DUI/DWI offenders. Rated the best by NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) the highest federal authority in the DUI field. This is a popular DUI/DWI offender assessment instrument or test.

Designed for use in high volume assessment settings or as an alternative test for reading impaired drivers. The SHORT FORM has 73 items and takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Largely because of its brevity, the DRI-II SHORT FORM can be read to a client or group in 20 minutes. The SHORT FORM has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Alcohol Scale, 3. Drugs Scale, 4. Driver Risk Scale and 5. Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale. The Substance Abuse/Dependency Scale utilizes DSM-IV criteria for abuse and dependency classification. The Alcohol Scale and Drugs Scale measure severity of abuse. This is a SHORT FORM of the DRI-II.

Designed for gambler assessment. It has 166 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Gambler Addiction Index has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Gambling, 3. Suicide, 4. Attitude, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. Within 3 minutes after test completion, the GAI prints a comprehensive report. The GAI assesses important "gambler" attitudes and behaviors. It is estimated there are over 12 million gamblers in the United States.

The Juvenile Presentence Evaluation (JPE) is designed specifically for juvenile (male and female) presentence evaluation. It has 159 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The JPE has 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Suicide, 3. Resistance, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Violence (Lethality), 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8. Distress and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The JPE is much more than just another alcohol or drug test; consequently, it measures many important behaviors missed by many other juvenile tests. This type of information helps in deciding upon probation, alternatives to incarceration, and treatment.

The Juvenile Pretrial Test (JPT) establishes juvenile risk and needs at the pretrial stage of the juvenile justice system. The JPE identifies criminogenic needs, authenticates their severity and recommends graduated sanctions according to problem severity. The JPT has 140 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. It has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Violence (Lethality), 5. Distress, 6. Adjustment and 7. Stress Quotient. At one sitting of 30 minutes' duration, staff can acquire a lot of information, which includes attitudes, substance abuse involvement, acting out (violence) propensity, perceived distress and coping behaviors.

Designed for school systems, juvenile screening programs and troubled youth treatment agencies. The JSAP has 116 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Juvenile Substance Abuse Profile has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness Scale, 2. Aggressiveness Scale, 3. Alcohol Scale, 4. Drugs Scale, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities Scale. This is a fast way to screen juveniles in a non-introversive manner. Extreme aggressiveness can spillover into violence. Greatly impaired stress coping abilities identify existing emotional and mental health problems. This is a brief yet comprehensive and standardized self-report test.

The Juvenile Violence Interview (JVI) is a "structured" interview that consists of 60 multiple choice items, and whatever answer is selected by the juvenile is printed in the report. Use of the JVI is optional (not required), and it is available free to users of Risk & Needs' juvenile tests. The JVI focuses on violence patterns. Areas of inquiry vary from the obvious (court history) to more subtle (attitudes, feelings and relationships) factors. The JVI is not a test. The JVI is not to be used as an independent (standalone) test.

Designed for parolee assessment. The PI has 135 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. The PI has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, and 8. Stress Coping Abilities. The Parolee Inventory is an objective, comprehensive and standardized screening instrument that examines important attitudes and behaviors. The PI provides an objective on-site second opinion in a timely manner.

Designed for objective pretest-posttest outcome comparison. This is a counseling or treatment outcome measure. It has 148 items and takes 30 minutes to complete. The Pre-Post Inventory has 7 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Resistance, 4. Distress, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs, and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. The Pre-Post Inventory provides an objective outcome measure for evaluating intervention, counseling or treatment effectiveness. Adult and juvenile versions are available.

Designed for prison inmate (male and female) assessment. The PII has 161 items and takes 35 to 40 minutes to complete. The PII has 10 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Adjustment, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Judgment, 7. Distress, 8. Alcohol, 9. Drugs and 10. Stress Coping Abilities. The PII is standardized on over forty thousand prison inmates. Reports contain specific score-related recommendations that are applicable to levels of supervision and treatment needs. The PII is a popular prison inmate assessment instrument or test.

Designed for screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their driver's license. These applicants have had their driver's license suspended or revoked. The RRI has 124 items and takes 25 minutes to complete. The RRI has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Road Rage, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI explores the question, "Has the applicant changed since their driver's license was suspended or revoked?" a second version of the RRI was developed and is called the RRI-II.

The RRI-II is another approach to screening applicants applying for reinstatement of their driver’s license. These applicants have had their driver’s license suspended or revoked. The RRI-II has 6 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Stress Coping Abilities, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, 5. Comparative Change, and 6. Intervention Checklist. The RRI-II replaced the RRI’s Road Rage Scale with its Stress Coping Abilities Scale. The RRI-II explores the question, "Has the applicant changed since their driver’s license was suspended or revoked?"

Designed for welfare recipient screening in welfare-to-work programs. It has 103 items and takes 20 minutes to complete. The Self-Assessment Index has 5 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Work Index, 3. Alcohol, 4. Drugs, and 5. Stress Coping Abilities. This test screens substance (alcohol and drugs) abuse, work attitudes, motivation and stress coping -- important attitudes and behaviors for understanding welfare-to-work participants. Test results can be used to coordinate intervention, treatment and vocational rehabilitational services.

The Self-Audit (SA) is designed for adult (male and female) counseling and treatment program intake. The SA can also be used in HMO’s, EAP programs, courts, probation and community corrections. The SA has 160 items and takes 30 to 35 minutes to complete. It contains 9 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Resistance, 4. Morale, 5. Violence, 6. Alcohol, 7. Drugs, 8. Self-Esteem and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The Self-Audit differs for the Victim Index in that the SA contains a Violence (Lethality) and individual Alcohol and Drugs Scales. The SA was developed in response to evaluators' requests.

Designed for identifying sexual deviance and paraphilias in persons accused or convicted of sex offenses. The SAI has 225 items and takes 45 minutes to an hour to complete. The SAI has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Sexual Adjustment, 4. Child Molest, 5. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Incest Classification, 8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Impulsiveness, 12. Alcohol, and 13. Drugs. Many sex offenders try to minimize their problems, which emphasizes the importance of the two SAI truthfulness scales, while underscoring the value of Truth-Corrected scores, which are more accurate than raw scores. The SAI is standardized on thousands of sex offenders. It has proven to be a reliable, valid, accurate and objective sex offender assessment instrument or test. State-of-the-art.

Designed for evaluating juveniles (12 to 18 years) accused or convicted of sexual offenses. The SAI-Juvenile has 230 items and takes an hour to complete. The SAI-Juvenile has 13 scales: 1. Test Item Truthfulness, 2. Sex Item Truthfulness, 3. Child Molest, 4. Sexual (Rape) Assault, 5. Incest Classification, 6. Exhibitionism, 7. Sexual Adjustment, 8. Violence (Lethality), 9. Antisocial, 10. Distress, 11. Alcohol, 12. Drugs and 13. Impulsiveness. The adult SAI was modified for juveniles. When selecting a test for evaluating juveniles accused or convicted of sexual offenses, we recommend you consider this reliable, valid and accurate test.

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The Substance Abuse Questionnaire (SAQ) is an adult substance (alcohol and other drugs) abuse assessment instrument or test that also assesses aggressiveness, resistance and stress handling abilities. The SAQ has 153 items, takes 30 minutes to complete and reports are available on-site within 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ has 6 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Resistance and 6. Stress Coping Abilities. The SAQ is a concise, objective and standardized assessment instrument or test.

The SAQ-Adult Probation III is designed for adult (male and female) probationer assessment. It takes 30 minutes to complete, and printed reports are available on-site in 2½ minutes of data entry. The SAQ-Adult Probation III has 7 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2, Violence (Lethality), 3. Antisocial, 4. Aggressiveness, 5. Alcohol, 6. Drugs and 7. Stress Coping Abilities. It has been standardized and normed on over 115,000 probationers. Returned diskettes can be summarized on a state or department basis in annual summary reports, which are provided free. The SAQ-Adult Probation III is a popular test with proven reliability, validity and accuracy.

The SAQ-Short Form is a concise or shorter version of the SAQ-Adult Probation III. The Short Form has 64 items and can be completed in 20 minutes. It has 4 scales (measures): 1. Truthfulness, 2. Alcohol, 3. Drugs and 4. Risk Scales. The SAQ-Short Form has been standardized and normed on thousands of defendants and probationers. This test is brief and to the point, yet provides important attitudinal and behavioral information. The Risk Scale measures the defendant's/probationer's danger to self and others. The SAQ-Short Form is used in high volume testing settings, with the reading impaired and as an alternative to the SAQ-Adult Probation III.

Designed for adult treatment intake assessment. The TII has 162 items and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Treatment Intervention Inventory has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Anxiety, 3. Depression, 4. Distress, 5. Self-Esteem, 6. Family Issues, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII is appropriate for HMO's, EAP Programs, counseling intake and chemical dependency treatment settings. The TII identifies problems that warrant referral, intervention or treatment.

Designed for juvenile program (counseling, troubled youth, schools, HMO's and chemical dependency) intake. The TII-Juvenile has 143 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. It has 9 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Self-Esteem, 3. Family Issues, 4. Anxiety, 5. Depression, 6. Distress, 7. Alcohol, 8. Drugs, and 9. Stress Coping Abilities. The TII-Juvenile should be considered when selecting a program intake or screening instrument for troubled youth.

Designed for victim assessment. Victims of physical and mental abuse or domestic violence represent the clients the VI is designed for. The VI has 147 items and takes 25 to 30 minutes to complete. The Victim Index has 8 scales: 1. Truthfulness, 2. Distress, 3. Morale, 4. Self-Esteem, 5. Resistance, 6. Substance Abuse, 7. Stress Coping Abilities and 8. Suicide Ideation. The VI is different. It is designed to screen victims of physical and/or mental abuse. The Victim Index (VI) is appropriate for adult male and female clients.