An initial screen for risks associated with a particular individual can promote safety and enable classification, but is generally not comprehensive enough to serve as the foundation of a complete programming plan or transition plan. Corrections administrators should therefore employ a more thorough assessment instrument, such as the Level of Services Inventory Revised (LSI-R), to quantify each individual's risk of re-offending and to capture dynamic factors such as institutional conduct and personal commitment to rehabilitation. Whether initially conducted in a specialized intake facility or at the institution in which the person will serve out his or her sentence, such an assessment should be repeated at regular intervals or at key junctures in the individual's incarceration and transition back into the community, provided that the instrument is properly validated and normed for that purpose and population.