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BL
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711391
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b533580
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| Main Entry
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Harcourt, Bernard E.,1963-
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| Title & Author
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Against prediction : : profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age /\ Bernard E. Harcourt
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007
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viii, 336 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0226316130 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 0226316149 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780226316130 (cloth : alk. paper)
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: 9780226316147 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-329) and index
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| Contents
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Actuarial methods in the criminal law -- The rise of the actuarial paradigm -- Ernest W. Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization
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Criminal behavior, Prediction of-- United States
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Law enforcement-- United States-- Statistical methods
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Racial profiling in law enforcement-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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363.2/30890973
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| LC Classification
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HV7936.R3H37 2007
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HV7936.R3H37 2007
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