
The PSA is Spreading – and Fast
Increasing numbers of jurisdictions are adopting the PSA, due to their belief that it is efficient, cost-effective, and race-neutral. But is it?
Read MoreIncreasing numbers of jurisdictions are adopting the PSA, due to their belief that it is efficient, cost-effective, and race-neutral. But is it?
Read MoreFor years, the Federal system has used a risk assessment algorithm to judge pretrial risk that is unevenly implemented and has not led to more pretrial freedom.
Read MoreNew study shows that individual variety within risk lables make the labels too weak to be meaningful. Researchers Kristian Lum, David B. Dunson, and James Johndrow published a study showing that risk levels produced by risk assessment algorithms encompass a wide range of individuals with too much variety in their predicted risk to make those … Continued
Read MoreResearchers Megan Stevenson and Sandra Mayson studied the concept of risk and applied an empirical framework to the question of how much supposed risk justifies the harms that come from pretrial incarceration.
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