The power few: experimental criminology and the reduction of harm

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Interpretable classification models for recidivism prediction (2015, background): “In the United States, for instance, a minority of individuals commit the majority of the crimes (Wolfgang 1987): these are the “power few” of Sherman (2007) on which we should focus our efforts.”
The Cambridge Crime Harm Index: Measuring Total Harm from Crime Based on Sentencing Guidelines (2016, methodology): “This argument has already been made in general terms (Sherman 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013).”
Forecasting murder within a population of probationers and parolees: a high stakes application of statistical learning (2009, background): “Rather, it was to decide how best to use the Department’s scarce resources to help to prevent murder (Sherman, 2007a).”
A Framework to Assess the Harms of Crimes (2013, background): “All but one publication (Sherman, 2007) concerned “self harm”; that”
Can we avoid reductionism in risk reduction? (2017, background): “Among its proponents, risk assessment seems to offer a solution to the inefficiencies and injustices of mass incarceration (Sherman, 2007).”
Targeting Escalation in Reported Domestic Abuse (2015, methodology): “Third, we examine individual dyads (couples of one offender and one victim as distinct, unique units) for the distribution and concentration of serious harm for evidence of a ‘‘power few’’ (Sherman, 2007).”