Towards a More Evidence-Based Risk Assessment for People in the Criminal Justice System: the Case of OxRec in the Netherlands
Abstract Risk assessment tools are widely used throughout the criminal justice system to assist in making decisions about sentencing, supervision, and treatment. In this article, we discuss several methodological and practical limitations associated with risk assessment tools currently in use. These include variable predictive performance due to the exclusion of important background predictors; high costs, including the need for regular staff training, in order to use many tools; development of tools using suboptimal methods and poor transparency in how they create risk scores; included risk f... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research ; volume 28, issue 3, page 397-406 ; ISSN 0928-1371 1572-9869 |
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Schlagwörter: | Law |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26848899 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10610-022-09520-y |