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Christopher T. Lowenkamp
Researcher at University of Missouri–Kansas City
Publications - 85
Citations - 4670
Christopher T. Lowenkamp is an academic researcher from University of Missouri–Kansas City. The author has contributed to research in topics: Recidivism & Risk assessment. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 83 publications receiving 4108 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher T. Lowenkamp include University of Cincinnati & Government of the United States of America.
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Using algorithms to address trade‐offs inherent in predicting recidivism
TL;DR: Providing algorithms with access to race (rather than omitting race or "blinding" its effects) can maximize calibration and minimize imbalanced error rates, and implications for policymakers with value preferences for efficiency versus equity are discussed.
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Actuarial and clinical assessment of criminogenic needs: identifying supervision priorities among federal probation officers
James C. Oleson,Scott W. VanBenschoten,Charles R. Robinson,Christopher T. Lowenkamp,Alexander M. Holsinger +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the need for a new third-generation risk/need assessment tool developed onUS federal probation clients, by examining the ability of probation officers to identify criminogenic needs.
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Explaining Police Officer Discretionary Activity
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined factors that influence the daily discretionary choices of officers concerning the activities they undertake on a daily basis. But, the individual-level attributes of officers did not influence activity choices of either type of officer.
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Does Change in Risk Matter
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored how changes in offender risk influence the likelihood of recidivism by tracking a population of 64,716 offenders placed on federal supervision with multiple postconviction risk assessments.
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Predicting institutional misconduct using the Youth Level of Service/ Case Management Inventory
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the predictive validity of the Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS/CMI) within an institutional setting and used it to predict institutional misconduct.