| Sumario: | The risk level of each defendant was calculated using the PTRA, a risk assessment tool designed to score defendants based on risk of unsuccessfully completing their pretrial supervision term. Previous research suggested Black defendants were more often wrongly classified than White defendants by risk assessment tools (Rembert et al., 2014; Singh & Fazel, 2010; Whiteacre, 2006). The IV groups included 1) risk classification, 2) defendant sex, 3) defendant race, 4) court, and 5) defendant highest charge. We calculated a 27-predictor multiple generalized regression (MGR) analysis and included 1) defendant race, 2) defendant sex, 3) court, 4) defendant highest charge, and 5) pretrial status.
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