➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: ProPublica Exposes Racial Bias in Predictive Analytics
Chronicle of Social Change – July 25, 2016
Although these measures were created with the best of intentions, I am concerned that they inadvertently undermine our efforts to ensure individualized and equal justice. They may exacerbate unwarranted and unjust disparities that are already far too common in our criminal justice system and in our society. The fad that so concerned Holder is, of course, predictive analytics; the same fad spreading through child welfare. Propublica article: Machine Bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks: https://www.propublica.org/article/machine-bias-risk-assessments-in-criminal-sentencing
https://chronicleofsocialchange.org/predictive-analytics/propublica-exposes-racial-bias-predictive-analytics/19783