Automated risk assessment is all the rage in the criminal justice system. Proponents view risk assessment as an objective way to reduce mass incarceration without sacrificing public safety. Officials thus are becoming heavily invested in risk assessment tools—with their reliance upon big data and algorithmic processing—to inform decisions on managing offenders according to their risk profiles.

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有偏见的算法：对西班牙裔的不同影响的证据

自动化风险评估在刑事司法系统中风靡一时。支持者将风险评估视为一种在不牺牲公共安全的情况下减少大规模监禁的客观方法。因此，官员们正大量投资于风险评估工具——他们依赖于大数据和算法处理——以根据他们的风险状况为管理罪犯的决策提供信息。