Forecasts of Violence to Inform Sentencing Decisions

Objectives Recent legislation in Pennsylvania mandates that forecasts of "future dangerousness" be provided to judges when sentences are given. Similar requirements already exist in other jurisdictions. Research has shown that machine learning can lead to usefully accurate forecasts of cri...

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Main Author: Berk, Richard (Author)
Contributors: Bleich, Justin
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2014
In: Journal of quantitative criminology
Year: 2014, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-96
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