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Showing papers by "Christopher T. Lowenkamp published in 2019"


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TL;DR: The pretrial risk assessment instrument (PTRA) as mentioned in this paper was developed for use in the U.S. federal pretrial system to help officers assess the likelihood that a defendant will commit a crime.
Abstract: The pretrial risk assessment instrument (PTRA) was developed for use in the U.S. federal pretrial system. Specifically, this instrument was constructed to help officers assess the likelihood that d...

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