Technology and Justice – Embedding our past in our future

In this episode, the hosts begin the discussion on the increasing use of mathematical algorithms to crunch Big Data to predict future outcomes. This data, however, includes societal biases and embed our flawed past into our future lives. Today: Criminal Justice and the self-fulfilling prophecy of who is a risk to society.

Pro Publica Article on Risk Assessment of arrestees

https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing 

Interview of Jack Maple I Government Technology about COMSTAT

https://www.govtech.com/magazines/gt/Jack-Maple-Betting-on-Intelligence.html

Times article about Newark’s problem with racial profiling

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/27/us/politics/cory-booker-2020-criminal-justice.html 

Justice Tech Download (Great Newsletter)

https://www.justicetech.download/ 

Coded Bias

https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/videos/coded-bias-full-film/ 

Weapons of math destruction by Cathy O’Neil