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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 18 2016, @12:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the does-not-add-up dept.

The BBC is reporting on the Compas assessment, Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions. This tool is used by a number of agencies to assess if someone is likely to commit additional crimes and the resulting score is used in determining bail, sentencing, or determining parole. The article points out that while the questions on the assessment do not include race the resulting score may be correlated with race but this is disputed by the software's creators. The assessment scores someone on a 10 point scale but the algorithm used to determine someone's score is kept secret. Because of this defendants are unable to effectively dispute that the score is incorrect.


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @03:07PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 18 2016, @03:07PM (#415696)

    In the case of bail ... perceived to be the government showing leniency, which they don't have to do.

    Well, not exactly. Bail exists, at least in principle, because the accused is presumed innocent.

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