A pretrial release policy based on risk assessment would reduce unnecessary incarceration, increase racial fairness, and save money. (2025)
Stephania L. Hayes1and Jennifer L. Skeem
Publication Author Christopher Lowenkamp
Racial disparity in federal pretrial detention recommendations: Trends over two decades and association with risk assessment implementation (2024)
Stephania L. Hayes1and Jennifer L. Skeem
Understanding racial disparities in pretrial detention recommendations to shape policy reform. (2023)
Stephania L. Hayes1and Jennifer L. Skeem
Place Matters: Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations Across the U.S. (2023)
Place Matters: Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations Across the U.S. (2023) Abstract: Federal pretrial services officers assess defendants and make influential recommendations that defendants be either released or detained, based on their threat to community safety and risk of…
Understanding Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations to Shape Policy Reform (2022)
Understanding Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations to Shape Policy Reform (2022) Abstract: Research Summary: Federal pretrial services and probation officers assess defendants and make influential recommendations that defendants be either released or detained, based on their threat to community…
Gender, risk assessment, and sanctioning: The cost of treating women like men (2016)
Skeem, J., Monahan, J., & Lowenkamp, C.
Race, risk, and recidivism: Predictive bias and disparate impact (2016)
Skeem, J., & Lowenkamp, C.
Age, risk assessment, and sanctioning: Overestimating the old, underestimating the young. (2017)
Monahan, J., Skeem, J., & Lowenkamp, C
Using algorithms to address trade-offs inherent in predicting recidivism (2020)
Skeem, J. & Lowenkamp, C.