Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they?

Really delivering on the promise of algorithms in the criminal justice system will require a radical reimagining of their use, says Ngozi Okidegbe, who is an expert on how technologies in the criminal justice system impact racially marginalized communities. Credit: Jackie Ricciardi

Algorithms were supposed to remake the American justice system. Championed as dispassionate, computer-driven calculations about risk, crime, and recidivism, their deployment in everything from policing to bail and…

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News Source: phys.org