TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harcourt,Bernard E.
TI  - Against prediction: profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age 
SN  - 0226316130 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - HV7936.R3 H37 2007
U1  - 363.2/308900973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Racial profiling in law enforcement
KW  - United States
KW  - Criminal behavior, Prediction of
KW  - Law enforcement
KW  - Statistical methods
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-329) and index; Actuarial methods in the criminal law -- The rise of the actuarial paradigm -- Ernest W. Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization; License restrictions may limit access
UR  - http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio10412791
ER  -