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OASys – the Offender Assessment System – is a new way of providing such information which, in
turn, should enable courts to ensure offenders are given sentences which work.
OASys was developed as a set of paper forms that break 5. HOW DOES OASys WORK?
down into a number of different sections. Having
interviewed the offender and read other relevant papers The main part of OASys examines the following factors
the assessor completes the OASys documentation which research shows to predict the likelihood of an
through ticked yes/no, scored or free-text responses to offender being reconvicted:
questions. For example, these may relate to the
Offending history and current offence
offender's criminal history, drug misuse, attitudes and so
on. The full benefits of OASys will only be realised through
Social and economic factors: access to
accommodation; education, training and employability;
its being available as a computerised system, and both the financial management and income; lifestyle and
NPS and Prison Service are making good progress in associates; relationships, drug and/or alcohol misuse
developing the OASys electronic version.
Personal factors: thinking and behaviour; attitude
towards offending and towards supervision; emotional
3. WHAT OASys PROVIDES factors such as anxiety or depression.
OASys has been designed to: The impact that each of these factors has on the
Assess how likely an offender is to be reconvicted offender's risk of reconviction is highlighted, as well as the
Identify and classify offending-related needs including
basic personality characteristics, thinking deficits and
risk of his causing serious harm to others or indeed to
himself.
social issues
Assess risk of harm to others and also to themselves OASys also contains a section on sentence planning as
Assist with the management of risk of harm well as a self-assessment questionnaire which the
Link assessments with supervision plans and sentence
plans
offender is asked to complete. The latter is an important
opportunity for the offender to comment on how he sees
Indicate need for further specialist assessments himself and his offending. (Evidence suggests that
Measure how an offender changes during the period of
supervision/sentence
offenders often recognise their problems; whether or not
they do is of interest to the officer conducting the
assessment). OASys will, where appropriate, trigger the
use of further specialist assessments on such issues as
basic skills, violence and substance misuse.
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