Psychometric Racial and Ethnic Predictive Inequities

Autor:	Jennifer Wyatt Bourgeois, Howard Henderson, Michael J. Tanana, Anthony Troy Adams
Rok vydání:	2015
Předmět:	Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science Anthropology Needs assessment Behavioral assessment Ethnic group Psychology Social psychology Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Black Studies. 46:462-481
ISSN:	1552-4566 0021-9347
DOI:	10.1177/0021934715574096
Popis:	Recent findings have held that offender behavioral assessments unfairly predict the probation outcomes of racial/ethnic minorities. To that end, this study examines the extent and degree to which a commonly used offender risk needs assessment instrument equitably predicts probationer success and distributes predictive error. Findings suggest that the risk needs instrument predicts most equitably for “higher risked” probationers and that error is more likely for under-classified Blacks and over-classified Whites. The discussion presents issues for consideration by policy makers, practitioners, and future researchers motivated by the minimization of predictive bias.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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