A widely-used computer software tool may be no more accurate or fair at predicting repeat criminal behavior than people with no criminal justice experience, according to a Dartmouth College study. The ...

A new study suggests that a commercial software widely used to predict which criminals will commit crimes again is no more accurate than untrained people, at foreseeing recidivism. Previous research ...

Although the system isn't meant to be used as a replacement for the alignments that prosthetists do with their own eye, Compas provides the additional data that can help doctors improve the alignment ...

A new study challenges thinking that algorithms outperform humans when making important criminal justice decisions. A widely-used computer software tool may be no more accurate or fair at predicting ...