Criminal Justice Forecasts of Risk: A Machine Learning Approach (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science) - Softcover

Buch 22 von 322: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science

Berk, Richard

 
9781461430841: Criminal Justice Forecasts of Risk: A Machine Learning Approach (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1461430844 ISBN 13: 9781461430841
Verlag: Springer, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Machine learning and nonparametric function estimation procedures can be effectively used in forecasting. One important and current application is used to make forecasts of “future dangerousness" to inform criminal justice decision. Examples include the decision to release an individual on parole, determination of the parole conditions, bail recommendations, and sentencing. Since the 1920s, "risk assessments" of various kinds have been used in parole hearings, but the current availability of large administrative data bases, inexpensive computing power, and developments in statistics and computer science have increased their accuracy and applicability. In this book, these developments are considered with particular emphasis on the statistical and computer science tools, under the rubric of supervised learning, that can dramatically improve these kinds of forecasts in criminal justice settings. The intended audience is researchers in the social sciences and data analysts in criminal justice agencies.

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Verlag
Springer
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1461430844
ISBN 13 
9781461430841
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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