Race, Gender, and Risk Assessments in Canadian Federal Prison
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Published:2023-02-07
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Volume:
Page:215336872311539
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ISSN:2153-3687
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Container-title:Race and Justice
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Race and Justice
Author:
O'Connell Siobhan1,
Laniyonu Ayobami1ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal StudiesUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Abstract
In Canada, all federally incarcerated individuals are required to complete a number of actuarial risk assessments upon entering prison which influence the security level in which they are housed, opportunities to participate in rehabilitative services while incarcerated, and prospects for parole. While proponents of actuarial risk assessments—which make algorithmic decisions based on objective inputs—argue that such tools can reduce the influence of racial and gender bias in carceral decision making, others argue that they may perpetuate or exacerbate racial and gender inequality. The extent to which racial and gender disparities exist in the outcomes of the actuarial risk assessments used in federal Canadian prisons is largely unknown. Using newly available data, we characterize racial and gender disparities in the outcomes of actuarial risk assessments used in Canadian prisons and their relationship to outcomes. We find significant racial differences in risk assessment scores that leave Black and Indigenous Canadians worse off than their white counterparts, important differences for all racial groups in the treatment of women, and evidence suggestive of racial bias in parole and housing decisions.
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Subject
Law,Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology
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