Algorithms in the Criminal Justice SystemSome of the best or at least sharpest, minds on the planet are devoted to guessing what we might buy next, and showing us advertisements for it. Often the results are un
Risk predictions are nothing new in the criminal justice system. In fact, there have been approximately four generations of risk assessment tools over the past century (Danielle Kehl, Priscilla Guo, and Samuel KesslerAlgorithms in the Criminal Justice System: Assessing the Use of Risk ...
Drawing upon this research, we address the spread, application, technical background, institutional implementation, and psychological aspects of the use of algorithms in the criminal justice system. We find that the Swiss criminal justice system is already significantly shaped by algorithms, a change ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms will become increasingly integrated into our healthcare systems in the coming decades. These algorithms require large volumes of data for development and fine-tuning. Patient data is typically acquired for AI algorithms through an opt-out system in the United St...
Let’s consider one case where algorithmic accountability is sorely needed: the risk assessment scores that inform criminal-justice decisions in the U.S. legal system. These scores are calculated by asking a series of questions relating to things like the defendant’s age, criminal history, and ...
Algorithms are used in many public service contexts. For example, within the legal system it has been demonstrated that algorithms can predict recidivism better than criminal court judges. At the same time, critics highlight several dangers of algorithmic decision-making, such as racial bias and ...
Although risk assessment has increasingly been used as a tool to help reform the criminal justice system, some stakeholders are adamantly opposed to using algordoi:10.2139/ssrn.3578591Skeem, Jennifer L.Lowenkamp, ChristopherSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Activists and researchers argue that artificial-intelligence tools, including those used by governments, reflect the problems already present in the sys...
2 Value implications of algorithms for justice and security In what follows, we will discuss several values that are relevant for the design, implementation and deployment of algorithms in justice and security for a number of key values, as above stated: accuracy, autonomy, privacy, ...
"Risk assessment has long been a part of decision-making in thecriminal justice system," said Jennifer Skeem, a psychologist who specializes in criminal justice at UC Berkeley. "Although recent debate has raised important questions about algorithm-based tools, our research shows that in contexts re...