WF-4PRX7M
Northpointe Risk Models
An algorithm developed by Northpointe and used in the penal system is two times more likely to incorrectly label a black person as a high-risk re-offender and is two times more likely to incorrectly label a white person as low-risk for reoffense according to a ProPublica review.
- Date it happened
- 2016-05-23
- Organisation involved
- Northpointe
- Product, system or model
- The COMPAS system calculates a person's risk of recidivism based on their criminal records and responses to a 137-questions long survey about the situation and context of the crime and the person invo
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