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Prediction and Classification in Criminal Justice Decision Making
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"Prediction and Classification: Criminal Justice Decision Making" as mentioned in this paper, a collection of essays by distinguished international scholars, is the 9th volume in the Crime and Justice series, and is essential reading for scholars and researchers seeking a unified source of knowledge about crime.Abstract:
"Prediction and Classification: Criminal Justice Decision Making," a collection of commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars, is the ninth volume in the Crime and Justice series. Like its predecessors, "Prediction and Classification" is essential reading for scholars and researchers seeking a unified source of knowledge about crime, its causes, and its cure.read more
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Predicting relapse: a meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies.
TL;DR: The results suggest that applied risk assessments of sexual offenders should consider separately the offender's risk for sexual and nonsexual recidivism.
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Crime Placement, Displacement, and Deflection
Robert Barr,Ken Pease +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use deflection as a policy tool to achieve a more desirable pattern of crime by replacing new crimes for prevented crimes with deflection of crime from a target.
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Drugs and Predatory Crime
Jan M. Chaiken,Marcia R. Chaiken +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a temporal sequence from drug abuse to predatory criminality is not typical; on the contrary, predatory criminality more commonly occurs before drug abuse, while drug abuse often occurs without predatory criminality.
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Evaluating the Predictive Validity of the Compas Risk and Needs Assessment System
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the statistical validation of a recently developed, fourth-generation (4G) risk assessment system (Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions).
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Predicting Violent Behavior: An Assessment of Clinical Techniques
TL;DR: In this paper, Monahan's text is a very positive one which as he puts it, outlines for the clinician: "How to do it (predict violent behavior) and when to doIt". Violent behavior must be viewed as the product of a dynamic interaction between an individual and situational/environmental variables.
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Decision Making in Criminal Justice: Toward the Rational Exercise of Discretion
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the victim's decision to report a crime, the decision to arrest, and the charge and sentence of a criminal, as well as the decisions to charge and release a criminal.