Determining Racial Equity in Pretrial Risk Assessment.

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 ris...

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Published in:Federal Probation Vol. 86; no. 3; pp. 26 - 35
Main Authors: Henderson, Howard, Sevil, Jack, Lessard, Danielle, Rembert, David
Format: Article
Published: Superintendent of Documents Dec2022
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          Henderson, Howard
          Sevil, Jack
          Lessard, Danielle
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          Texas Southern University
          West Virginia State College
          Prairie View A&M University, TX
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        Racial inequality
        Burglary
        Harassment
        Public opinion
        Risk assessment
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          Racial inequality
          Burglary
          Harassment
          Public opinion
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      ab: 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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