Just algorithms : using science to reduce incarceration and inform a jurisprudence of risk / Christopher Slobogin, Vanderbilt University Law School.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slobogin, Christopher, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--United States--Decision making.

Sentences (Criminal procedure).

Criminal statistics--United States.

Criminal statistics.

Expert systems (Computer science).

Decision making.

United States.

Expert systems (Computer science)--United States.

Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Decision making.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Rationale: What Risk Algorithms Can Do for the Criminal Justice System

1.1. The Plague of Mass Incarceration

1.2. Why? Crime, Culture, and Codes

1.3. The Potential Role of Risk Algorithms

2. Fit: Why and When Data about Groups Are Relevant to Individuals

2.1. Risk Assessment Instruments

2.2. G2i

-Using Information about Groups to Resolve Individual Cases

2.3. The Probability Criterion

2.4. The Outcome Criterion

2.5. The Duration Criterion

2.6. The Intervention Criterion

2.7. Conclusion: Implementing the Fit Criteria

2.7.1. Prison Release/Diversion

2.7.2. Pretrial Detention Based on Risk of Offending

2.7.3. Pretrial Detention Based on Flight Risk

2.7.4. Prison Population Reduction

3. Validity: Figuring Out When Risk Algorithms Are Sufficiently Accurate

3.1. Incremental Validity and Helpfulness

3.2. Calibration Validity

3.3. Discriminant Validity

3.4. External Validity (Local and Group Validation)

3.5. Implementation Validity: Inter-Rater Reliability and "Adjustments" of Scores

3.6. Current Validity/Re-Validation

3.7. The Meaning of Predictive Validity

3.8. Conclusion: Assuring Accuracy

4. Fairness: Avoiding Unjust Algorithms

4.1. Egalitarian Injustice

4.1.1. Race

4.1.2. Sex

4.1.3. Other Traits

4.2. Retributive Injustice

4.3. Procedural Injustice

4.3.1. Process

4.3.2. Transparency

4.3.3. Voice

4.4. Conclusion: One Court's Struggle with Assuring Fairness

5. Structure: Limiting Retributivism and Individual Prevention

5.1. The Problems with Desert

5.1.1. The Accuracy of Desert

5.1.2. Desert and Disparity

5.1.3. Desert and Blameworthiness

5.2. Preventive Justice and Limiting Retributivism

5.2.1. The Determination of Sentence Ranges

5.2.2. Governing Principles of Preventive Justice

5.3. Parole as a Constitutional Right

5.4. Preventive Justice and Plea Bargaining

5.5. Conclusion: Preventive Justice in Practice

6. Moving Forward: The Need for Experimentation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Slobogin, Christopher, 1951- Just algorithms

ISBN:

9781108833974

1108833977

9781108984348

1108984347

OCLC:

1237344654