Discriminatory practices on the part of correctional authorities have long been subjected to public and scientific scrutiny. This paper explores whether the correctional authorities in Washington State targeted certain demographic or other groups of offenders more than others in the process of making risk assessment decisions. Using a statewide sample of adult offenders and a set of controlled and uncontrolled regressions, I do not find evidence that the authorities targeted particular groups of offenders. Moreover, the authorities did not focus their attention on groups with higher recidivism rates, which is evidence against the presence of statistical discrimination.

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惩教当局是否平等对待所有罪犯？评估风险评估工具的使用

惩教当局的歧视性做法长期以来一直受到公众和科学的审查。本文探讨了华盛顿州的惩教当局在制定风险评估决策的过程中是否比其他人更多地针对特定人口统计或其他罪犯群体。使用全州范围的成年罪犯样本和一组受控和不受控制的回归，我没有找到证据表明当局针对特定的罪犯群体。此外，当局没有将注意力集中在再犯率较高的群体上，这证明存在统计歧视。