Assessing the Risks of Risk Assessments: Institutional Tensions and Data Driven Judicial Decision-Making in U.S. Pretrial Hearings
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DOI: 10.1093/socpro/spae060
Abstract: Risk assessments, which are predictive technologies designed to augment organizational decision-making processes, are expanding globally. The use of risk assessments may lend legitimacy to official actors who routinely adjudicate highly consequential decisions alongside competing institutional… read more here.
Keywords: pretrial hearings; institutional tensions; decision making; assessing risks ... See more keywords