RT Article
T1 Digital prediction technologies in the justice system: the implications of a ‘race-neutral’ agenda
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 24
IS 3
SP 482
OP 501
A1 Ugwudike, Pamela 1969-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1743186053
AB This article critically analyses the nexus of race and risk prediction technologies applied in justice systems across western jurisdictions. There is mounting evidence that the technologies are overpredicting the risk of recidivism posed by racialized groups, particularly black people. Yet the technologies are ostensibly race neutral in the sense that they do not refer explicitly to race. They are also compliant with race equality laws. To investigate how apparently race neutral technologies can nevertheless yield racially disparate outcomes, the article draws on insights distilled from the sociology of race and the sociological scholarship on standardization. It uses themes from these two scholarships to unravel the intersecting structural and creational dynamics capable of fomenting the digital racialization of risk.
K1 Algorithmic justice
K1 Algorithmic risk prediction
K1 Computational criminology
K1 Digital criminology
K1 Digital justice
K1 Risk technologies
DO 10.1177/1362480619896006