Making sense of risk.

Criminal Law Criminals Decision Making Humans Lawyers Risk Assessment

Journal

Behavioral sciences & the law
ISSN: 1099-0798
Titre abrégé: Behav Sci Law
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8404861

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
May 2020
Historique:
received: 24 02 2020
revised: 26 02 2020
accepted: 26 02 2020
pubmed: 29 3 2020
medline: 18 11 2020
entrez: 29 3 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Although actuarial risk prediction tools are widely used in the American criminal justice system, the lawyers, judges, and correctional workers who consult these products in making decisions often misunderstand fundamental aspects of how they work and what information they provide. This article suggests that the best way to ensure risk assessment tools are being used in ways that are just and equitable is to ensure that those who use them better understand three key aspects of what information they do - and do not - reveal. Doing so requires clarifying what risk is being predicted, explaining what risk levels signify, and enumerating how risk-related information is and is not relevant to specific criminal justice decisions.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1002/bsl.2458 PMID: 32219878
pubmed: 32219878
doi: 10.1002/bsl.2458
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

218-225

Informations de copyright

© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Auteurs

Cecelia Klingele (C)

University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, WI, USA.

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Classifications MeSH

questionsmedicales.fr › Sciences sociales › Sociologie › Droit pénal › Making sense of risk.
questionsmedicales.fr › Personnes › Criminels › Making sense of risk.
questionsmedicales.fr › Phénomènes psychologiques › Processus mentaux › Pensée (activité mentale) › Prise de décision › Making sense of risk.
questionsmedicales.fr › Eucaryotes › Animaux › Chordés › Vertébrés › Mammifères › Eutheria › Primates › Haplorhini › Catarrhini › Hominidae › Humains › Making sense of risk.
questionsmedicales.fr › Personnes › Groupes professionnels › Avocats › Making sense of risk.
questionsmedicales.fr › Environnement et santé publique › Santé publique › Méthodes épidémiologiques › Statistiques comme sujet › Probabilité › Risque › Appréciation des risques › Making sense of risk.