Just Algorithms: Using Science to Reduce Incarceration and Inform a Jurisprudence of Risk

ISBN-13: 9781108984348 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 240 str.

Christopher Slobogin

Opis

Properly developed algorithms can reduce incarceration and help policymakers adopt more legally sophisticated bail and sentencing practices.

Recenzje

'… Just Algorithm[s] ... [is] a valuable contribution to the scholarly literature.' Aziz Z. Huq, Rutgers

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Rationale: what risk algorithms can do for the criminal justice system; 2. Fit: why and when data about groups are relevant to individuals; 3. Validity: figuring out when risk algorithms are sufficiently accurate; 4. Fairness: avoiding unjust algorithms egalitarian injustice; 5. Structure: limiting retributivism and individual prevention; 6. Moving forward: the need for experimentation.