Reform in Motion: The Promise and Perils of Incorporating Risk Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analysis into Pennsylvania Sentencing

By Jordan M. Hyatt, Steven L. Chanenson, Mark H. Bergstrom. 2011

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1. Justin Bleich
2. Richard A. Berk
3. Jiaming Zeng
4. Berk Ustun
5. Cynthia Rudin
6. G. Barnes
7. Judea Pearl
8. Jordan M. Hyatt

Citations in the corpus

• Fairness in Criminal Justice Risk Assessments: The State of the Art (2017, neutral): “…2016; Doleac and Stevenson, 2016), government agencies (National Science and Technology Council, 2016: 30-32), foundations (Pew Center of the States, 2011), and academics (Demuth, 2003; Harcourt, 2007; Berk, 2009; Hyatt et al., 2011; Starr, 2014b; Tonry, 2014; Berk and Hyatt, 2015; Hamilton, 2016).”
• Forecasts of Violence to Inform Sentencing Decisions (2013, background): “The history and politics are complicated (Hyatt et al. 2011), but for purposes of this paper, the key section reads as follows: 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 2154.7.”