Just Algorithms: Using Science to Reduce Incarceration and Inform a Jurisprudence of Risk
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Statistically-derived algorithms, adopted by many jurisdictions in an effort to identify the risk of reoffending posed by criminal defendants and offenders, have been lambasted as racist, de-humanizing, and antithetical to the foundational tenets of criminal justice. Just Algorithms argues that these attacks are misguided and that, properly regulated, these tools can be a crucial means of safely and humanely dismantling our massive jail and prison...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1108984347
ISBN13:9781108984348
Release Date:July 2021
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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