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Jessica M. Eaglin

Algorithmic risk assessments, offered as a means to improve decision-making by standardizing the prediction of an individual’s future behavior, present myriad challenges in criminal administration. The tools are inscrutable. The tools are discriminatory. What is to be done? One popular solution is public participation in the design and adoption of actuarial risk assessments. Though not a panacea, jurisdictions across the country – from New […]