The Supreme Court may soon hear a case on data-driven criminal sentencing. Research suggests that algorithms are not as good as we think they are at making these decisions.
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Title
We use big data to sentence criminals. But can the algorithms really tell us what we need to know?
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Melissa Hamilton
Publication Details
The Conversation
Date published
06/06/2017
Date submitted
20/09/2017
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99516814902346
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Reproduced under a Creative Commons CC-BY-ND licence.
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School of Law
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Journal article
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