Forks Over Knives: Predictive Inconsistency in Criminal Justice Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools
Forks Over Knives: Predictive Inconsistency in Criminal Justice Algorithmic Risk Assessment Tools
Big data and algorithmic risk prediction tools promise to improve criminal justice systems by reducing human biases and inconsistencies in decision making. Yet different, equally-justifiable choices when developing, testing, and deploying these sociotechnical tools can lead to disparate predicted risk scores for the same individual. Synthesizing diverse perspectives from machine …