Corrections decisionmakers assess the risk an offender poses to the community and use an objective instrument in developing recommendations to the parole board. They base the level of supervision each offender receives on an assessment of the perceived risks. Until recently, the concept of risk was not used in making decisions regarding revocation of parole. However, an agency task force was formed to examine the notions of risk and to make revocation decisions consistent with the general parole and supervision attitudes and beliefs. Options now used include full revocation, revocation with reconsideration or release on a prescribed date, home detention, placement in a halfway house, public service work, payment of restitution, fee exemptions, residential or nonresidential treatment, increased reporting or increased supervision, increased drug testing, or referral of the case to the parole board. The new procedures should lead to better decisions at each level of the process of considering violations.