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David Edmonds examines how algorithms are used in our criminal justice system, from predicting future crime to helping decide who does and doesn’t go to prison.
While police forces hope computer software will help them to assess risk and reduce crime, civil rights groups fear that it could entrench bias and discrimination.
Analysis asks if these new computer tools will transform policing - and whether we need new laws to regulate them.
Contributors
Producer: Diane Richardson
By BBC Radio 44.6
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David Edmonds examines how algorithms are used in our criminal justice system, from predicting future crime to helping decide who does and doesn’t go to prison.
While police forces hope computer software will help them to assess risk and reduce crime, civil rights groups fear that it could entrench bias and discrimination.
Analysis asks if these new computer tools will transform policing - and whether we need new laws to regulate them.
Contributors
Producer: Diane Richardson

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