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Ravi Shroff
Researcher at New York University
Publications - 24
Citations - 806
Ravi Shroff is an academic researcher from New York University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Counterfactual thinking & Holomorphic function. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 24 publications receiving 549 citations. Previous affiliations of Ravi Shroff include University of California, San Diego & Australian National University.
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A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States.
Emma Pierson,Camelia Simoiu,Jan Overgoor,Sam Corbett-Davies,Daniel Jenson,Amy Shoemaker,Vignesh Ramachandran,Phoebe Barghouty,Cheryl Phillips,Ravi Shroff,Sharad Goel +10 more
TL;DR: Pierson et al. as discussed by the authors assessed racial disparities in policing in the United States by compiling and analysing a dataset detailing nearly 100 million traffic stops conducted across the country, finding evidence of persistent racial bias against black and Hispanic drivers in police stops and search decisions.
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Precinct or prejudice? Understanding racial disparities in New York City’s stop-and-frisk policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate three million stops in New York City over five years, focusing on cases where officers suspected the stopped individual of criminal possession of a weapon (CPW) and estimate the ex ante probability that the detained suspect has a weapon.
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Precinct or Prejudice? Understanding Racial Disparities in New York City's Stop-and-Frisk Policy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate three million stops in New York City over five years, focusing on cases where officers suspected the stopped individual of criminal possession of a weapon (CPW) and estimate the ex ante probability that the detained suspect has a weapon.
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Simple rules for complex decisions
TL;DR: A new method-select-regress-and-round-for constructing simple rules that perform well for complex decisions, which significantly outperform judges and are on par with decisions derived from random forests trained on all available features.
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The accuracy, equity, and jurisprudence of criminal risk assessment
TL;DR: The increased use of risk assessment instruments (RAIs) in the criminal justice system has given rise to several criticisms as mentioned in this paper, such as no more accurate than clinical assessments, racially biased, lacking in transparency and, because of their quantitative nature, dehumanizing.