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 Category Reducing inequality
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…
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.