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The Application of Machine Learning to a General Risk–Need Assessment Instrument in the Prediction of Criminal Recidivism.

The Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) is one of the most frequently used tools to assess criminogenic risk–need in justice-involved individuals. Meta-analytic research demonstrates strong predictive accuracy for various recidivism outcomes. In this exploratory study, we applied mac...

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Published in:Criminal Justice & Behavior Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 518 - 539
Main Authors: Ghasemi, Mehdi, Anvari, Daniel, Atapour, Mahshid, Stephen wormith, J., Stockdale, Keira C., Spiteri, Raymond J.
Format: Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2021
Subjects:
Ontario
Recidivism
Predictive validity
Machine learning
Receiver operating characteristic curves
Random forest algorithms
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