Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on the current state of the literature, this paper evaluates the current use of risk assessment in criminal sentencing and discusses its consequences, both positive and negative. Findings: Four areas for improvement in the use of risk assessment in sentencing were...
The growing utilization of actuarial risk assessment instruments (RAIs) in the American criminal justice system may potentially lead to more restrained, better‐targeted uses of incarceration. However, critics have raised a variety of concerns regarding RAIs and suggested, among other things, that ...
While talk of risk plays a crucial role in framing ethical and societal problems related to AI, we argue that it could profitably be associated with a clear analysis of uncertainty. Starting from a multi-component approach to AI-related risk assessment and mitigation, this chapter discusses the ...
sentencingfairnessjudicial intuitionThe increasing use of risk assessment algorithms in the criminal justice system has generated enormous controversy. Advocates emphasize that algorithms are moreSkeem, Jennifer L.Scurich, NicholasMonahan, JohnSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
(Danielle Kehl, Priscilla Guo, and Samuel KesslerAlgorithms in the Criminal Justice System: Assessing the Use of Risk Assessments in Sentencing(Harvard Law School, 2017)). In the first generation, risk assessment was conducted on a case-by-case basis, with correctional staff generally...
Risk assessment — measuring an individual's potential for offending — has long been an important aspect of criminal justice, especially in connection with senteSlobogin, ChristopherSocial Science Electronic PublishingSlobogin, Christopher (2018). Principles of Risk Assessment: Sentencing and Policing. ...
WASHINGTON-- Attorney General Eric Holder cautioned against the use of data in sentencing criminal defendants, saying judges should base punishment on the facts of a crime rather than on statistical predictions of future behavior that can be unfair to minorities. ...
CRIMINAL sentencingRISK assessmentPUNISHMENTMINORITIESThis paper addresses the possible consequences for racial and ethnic disparities of the growing reliance on risk assessment tools for sentencing in juvenile justice systems. These tools consider both legal factors (i.e. criminal history) and personal ...
National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)United States of America,USO America - 《Bureau of Justice Statistics》 被引量: 2发表: 1998年 Insider trading sentencing: an anglo-american comparison This article compares and contrasts the amended section 2B1.4 of the US Federal Sentencing Guidelines with...
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