Against Prediction: Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial AgeUniversity of Chicago Press, 15. sep. 2008 - 250 sider 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 and punish. And with the exception of racial profiling on our highways and streets, most people favor these methods because they believe they’re a more cost-effective way to fight crime. |
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Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age Bernard E. Harcourt. AGAINST PREDICTION PROFILING , POLICING , AND PUNISHING IN AN ACTUARIAL AGE Against Prediction Against Prediction Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an. BERNARD ...
Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age Bernard E. Harcourt. Against Prediction Profiling, Policing, and Punishing in an Actuarial Age bernard e. harcourt the university of chicago press chicago and london bernard e ...
... Punishment 173 III. Toward a More General Theory of Punishing and Policing 193 chapter 7. A Case Study on Racial Profiling 195 chapter 8. Shades of Gray 215 chapter 9. The Virtues of Randomization 237 Acknowledgments 241 Appendix A ...
... punishment practices. More and more, we use risk-assessment tools to identify whom to search, when to punish more, and how to administer the penal sanction. Most of us view this trend with hope, rather than alarm. With the single and ...
... punishment: if the profiled persons are less responsive to the policy change, then the overall amount of profiled crime in society will likely increase. In other words, profiling on higher past, present or future offending may be ...
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Part I The Rise of the Actuarial Paradigm | 39 |
Part II The Critique of Actuarial Methods | 109 |
Part III Toward a More General Theory of Punishing and Policing | 193 |
Acknowledgments | 241 |
Appendix A | 245 |
Appendix B | 261 |
Notes | 267 |
References | 311 |
Index | 331 |
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