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Against Prediction
Bernard E. Harcourt
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Description for Against Prediction
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones, 18 line drawings, 13 tables. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
From routine security checks at airports to the use of risk assessment in sentencing, actuarial methods are being used more than ever to determine whom law enforcement officials target and punish. And with the exception of racial profiling on our highways and streets, most people favor these methods because they believe they’re a more cost-effective way to fight crime.
In Against Prediction, Bernard E. Harcourt challenges this growing reliance on actuarial methods. These prediction tools, he demonstrates, may in fact increase the overall amount of crime in society, depending on the relative responsiveness of the profiled populations to heightened ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226316147
SKU
V9780226316147
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99-50
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