Pretrial Risk Assessment, Release Recommendations, and Racial Bias

We examined how the presentation of risk assessment results and the race of the person charged affected pretrial court actors’ recommendations to release a person with or without conditions. A sample of 246 pretrial court actors read vignettes that varied risk framing (success, failure), risk format...

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Main Author: Zottola, Samantha A. (Author)
Contributors: Desmarais, Sarah L. ; Stewart, D. Kamiya ; Duhart Clarke, Sarah E. ; Monahan, John 1946-
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 9, Pages: 1255-1278
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Racial Bias
pretrial reform
Risk assessment
risk presentation
pretrial decision-making