Code is law: how COMPAS affects the way the judiciary ... - Springer
Feb 9, 2024 · Using the ProPublica dataset, we demonstrate that COMPAS predictions favor jailing over release. COMPAS is biased against defendants. We show that this bias can largely be removed. Our …
How We Analyzed the COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm - ProPublica
May 23, 2016 · When most defendants are booked in jail, they respond to a COMPAS questionnaire. Their answers are fed into the COMPAS software to generate several scores including predictions of …
Incident 40: COMPAS Algorithm Reportedly Performs Poorly in Crime ...
Description: Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS), a recidivism risk-assessment algorithmic tool used in the judicial system to assess likelihood of …
COMPAS - MACHINE BIAS - Museum of Failure
Oct 1, 2025 · This study sparked a widespread debate about bias, accountability, and transparency in predictive algorithms used in high-stakes decisions. Despite the controversy, COMPAS and similar …
Data and Discretion: Why We Should Exercise Caution Around Using …
One of the largest factors supporting the claim that COMPAS is capable of bias, and resultantly, produces unjust results, is its failure to be transparent. According to Equivant, the key to the …
An influential report by ProPublica in 2016 raised awareness of the ways in which algorithmic bias could manifest, spotlighting racial disparities in COMPAS, a recidivism prediction tool.
4. COMPAS Recidivism Algorithm — Fairness & Algorithmic Decision …
The COMPAS risk-assessment is often used at this stage when considering parole or social services (i.e. actions that do not detain the individual). Each of these steps are primarily driven by individuals …
Bias In Machine Learning: The COMPAS Example
Jun 10, 2025 · And it’s biased against blacks [1] sparked a debate about the use of COMPAS (Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions) in the U.S. justice system. As …
Reevaluating COMPAS: Base Rate Tracking and Racial Bias
COMPAS is a controversial Recidivism Assessment Instrument (RAI) that has been used in the US criminal justice system to predict recidivism in pretrial settings. Angwin et al. (2016) argued that …
COMPAS and AI Bias Case Study – QI Momentum: AI Strategy
May 20, 2020 · COMPAS was developed by Northpointe (now Equivant) as a tool for assessing the likelihood of a criminal offender to reoffend (recidivism). It utilises AI and machine learning algorithms …