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Criminal Justice System Should Be Cautious When Approaching Risk Assessment
Robert Werth, a senior lecturer in sociology in Rice’s School of Social Sciences, reviewed research on various methods for assessing risk among accused or convicted criminals. “Risk and punishment: The recent history and uncertain future of actuarial, algorithmic and ‘evidence-based’ penal techniques” will appear in an upcoming print edition of Sociology Compass.
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