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SUBMITTER: Montana E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10265989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Montana Erika E Nagin Daniel S DS Neil Roland R Sampson Robert J RJ
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20230530 23
Risk assessment instruments (RAIs) are widely used to aid high-stakes decision-making in criminal justice settings and other areas such as health care and child welfare. These tools, whether using machine learning or simpler algorithms, typically assume a time-invariant relationship between predictors and outcome. Because societies are themselves changing and not just individuals, this assumption may be violated in many behavioral settings, generating what we call cohort bias. Analyzing criminal ...[more]