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What is Risk Assessment in Criminal Justice about?
This document provides an overview of risk assessment in the criminal justice system. It defines risk as the likelihood of an adverse outcome, such as future criminal behavior. Formal risk assessment tools use data on past cases to predict risk levels based on factors like criminal history, demographics, attitudes, substance abuse, and residential stability. While research finds such tools more accurate than unaided human judgment, there is debate around transparency, potential bias, and applying group data
- Author
- David Radcliffe
- Language
- EN