Against prediction: profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age
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1. Verfasser: Harcourt, Bernard E. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2007
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-329) and index
Actuarial methods in the criminal law -- The rise of the actuarial paradigm -- Ernest W. Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization
From random security checks at airports to the use of risk assessment in sentencing, actuarial methods are being used more than ever to determine whom law enforcement officials target & punish. In 'Against Prediction', Bernard E. Harcourt challenges this growing reliance on actuarial methods
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ISBN:0226315991
9780226315997

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