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RANT™: A Simple but Compelling Tool for Sentencing and Dispositions

Streamlined, More Affordable Version Now Available

The Risk and Needs Triage (RANT™ and RANT-Plus™) are decision support tools for judges and other criminal justice professionals. They are derived from empirical evidence showing that outcomes in community correctional settings are influenced by how well drug-involved offenders are matched to services suited to both their clinical needs and criminogenic risks.

The tools are highly secure and web-enabled. RANT (the streamlined, ready-to-use version) includes a client risk/needs assessment that can be administered by program personnel in 15 minutes or less – with minimal training by a jurisdiction. The software immediately generates easily understandable reports sorting offenders into one of four risk/needs quadrants with direct implications for suitable correctional dispositions and behavioral health treatment.

In addition to the above features, RANT-Plus aggregates data to create comparative management reports based on gender, race and other demographics. It also offers optional questions assessing antisocial personality disorder with corresponding reports, and other features that allow users to track the outcomes of assigned supervision. Read FAQs.

"For many of my years on the bench, TRI worked closely with our drug court program … as a result of its important findings, we greatly improved the success rate of our clients."

- Judge Jay James (Retired), New Castle County, Delaware; Court of Common Pleas