CEO sells programs to predict crime while battling own cases

This undated handout photo provided by Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows Sean B. Hosman. Hosman’s company has sold risk and needs assessment tools to governments from Florida to California. A repeat offender himself after battling addiction problems, Hosman has undergone such assessments. He said he has been clean since July 2012, and believes the tools can help reduce prison overcrowding. (AP Photo/Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office)

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The CEO of a Utah company who has emerged as a key player in a national movement to overhaul the justice system is a repeat offender himself.

Sean Hosman's dual roles as advocate for change and repeat visitor at county jails provide a striking case study in an expanding national effort to use insurance industry methods to help predict future crimes and steer defendants toward treatment.

His company, Assessments.com, has won 100 contracts with state and county governments from Florida to California. He has spoken at justice forums in Texas, Idaho and Washington state.

At the same time, Hosman has been arrested at least nine times since 2010, four for DUI and one for cocaine possession. Just like tens of thousands of defendants undergoing this process known as risk assessment, he has been booked, assessed, jailed and sent to rehab.

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