A pretrial release policy based on risk assessment would reduce unnecessary incarceration, increase racial fairness, and save money (2026)
Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C.
Publication Category Reducing inequality
Effect of juvenile justice financial sanctions on youths’ recidivism (2026)
Jian, L., Skeem, J. L., & Chambers, J. E.
Place Matters: Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations Across the U.S. (2023)
Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C.
Understanding Racial Disparities in Pretrial Detention Recommendations to Shape Policy Reform (2023)
Skeem, J., Montoya, L., & Lowenkamp, C.
Race, risk, and recidivism: Predictive bias and disparate impact (2016)
Skeem, J., & Lowenkamp, C.
Using algorithms to address trade-offs inherent in predicting recidivism (2020)
Skeem, J. & Lowenkamp, C.
The limits of human predictions of recidivism (2020)
Lin, Z., Jung, J., Goel, S., & Skeem, J.