Prediction and classification
Subtitle: criminal justice decision making
By: edited by Don M. Gottfredson and Michael Tonry.
Contributors: Gottfredson, Don M.; Tonry, Michael H.
Series: Crime and justice,; v. 9; Crime and justice (Chicago, Ill.) ;; v. 9.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
Subjects: Criminal justice, Administration of -- Decision making.; Criminal behavior, Prediction of.; Crime -- Classification.; Prisoners -- Classification.
Description: Prediction and classification in criminal justice decision making / Don M. Gott fredson -- Prediction: an overview of selected methodological issues / Stephen D. Gottfredson -- Predicting individual crime rates / David P. Farrington -- Pr ediction in criminal justice policy development / John S. Goldkamp -- Guideline -based justice / Joan Petersilia and Susan Turner -- Casual inference as a pred iction problem / Richard A. Berk -- Classification: an overview of selected met hodological issues / Tim Brennan -- Classification for risk / Daniel Glaser -- Classification for treatment / Lee Sechrest -- Classification for control in ja ils and prisons / Tom Brennan -- Prediction and classification: legal and ethic al issues / Michael Tonry.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prediction and classification in criminal justice decision making / Don M. Gottfredson; title: Prediction: an overview of selected methodological issues / Stephen D. Gottfredson; title: Predicting individual crime rates / David P. Farrington; title: Prediction in criminal justice policy development / John S. Goldkamp; title: Guideline-based justice / Joan Petersilia and Susan Turner; title: Casual inference as a prediction problem / Richard A. Berk; title: Classification: an overview of selected methodological issues / Tim Brennan; title: Classification for risk / Daniel Glaser; title: Classification for treatment / Lee Sechrest; title: Classification for control in jails and prisons / Tom Brennan; title: Prediction and classification: legal and ethical issues / Michael Tonry.