Thomas H Cohen

Biographic Data

ID6753389
NAMEThomas H Cohen
GIVEN NAMESThomas H
FAMILY NAMECohen
SIGNATURECOHEN T H
AFFILIATIONSUnited States Courts
ORCID0000-0002-0427-950X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • The Imposition of Pretrial Conditions on Released Federal Defendants

    Open AccessThomas H Cohen, William HicksARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2023

    In the federal system, defendants placed on pretrial release may have multiple conditions imposed on them which are aimed at ensuring court appearances and maintaining public safety. In general, little is known about the number of conditions imposed on released federal defendants, the extent to which conditions are associated with pretrial risk, and the potential of these conditions to maximize court appearances and minimize pretrial crime. This …

  • Risk Assessment Overrides

    Open AccessThomas H Cohen, CHRISTOPHER T LOWENKAMP et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2020

    In the federal supervision system, officers have discretion to depart from the risk designations provided by the Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) instrument. This component of the risk classification process is referred to as the supervision override. While the rationale for allowing overrides is that actuarial scores cannot always capture an individual’s unique characteristics, there is relatively limited literature on the actual effects o…

  • The Consequences of Sanctioning Prisoners

    Open AccessThomas H CohenARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2018

  • Automating Risk Assessment Instruments and Reliability

    Open AccessThomas H CohenARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2017Cited by: 2References: 1

  • Does Change in Risk Matter

    Open AccessThomas H Cohen, CHRISTOPHER T LOWENKAMP et al.ARTICLECriminology & Public Policy2016Cited by: 4References: 3

    Research Summary The Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) is a correctional assessment tool used by federal probation officers that identifies offenders most likely to commit new crimes and the criminogenic characteristics that, if changed, could reduce the likelihood of recidivism. We explored how changes in offender risk influence the likelihood of recidivism by tracking a population of 64,716 offenders placed on federal supervision with mult…