In 1972, I conducted my first “parole prediction” studies for the Illinois Department of Corrections. The purpose of these studies was simple—to identify groups of offenders with significantly different rates of recidivism. As others, including Burgess (1928) and Babst, Gottfredson, and Ballard (1968) had discovered, making clear distinctions between low, moderate, and high risk offenders is po...

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Collaboration technologies are making it easier for organizations and knowledge workers to collaborate across organizational boundaries. However, it is necessary for organizations to monitor, regulate and build appropriate security mechanisms in collaboration systems to prevent loss of strategic knowledge and competitive advantage. In this paper, we present a risk assessment framework that can ...