02177nam a22003974a 4500 ebr10266063 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060331s2007 ilua sb 001 0 eng 2006011178 GBA671727 bnb 013536635 Uk 0226316130 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226316130 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226316149 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226316147 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)645315259 n-us--- HV7936.R3 H37 2007eb 363.2/30890973 22 Harcourt, Bernard E., 1963- Against prediction [electronic resource] : profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age / Bernard E. Harcourt. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. viii, 336 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-329) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Racial profiling in law enforcement United States. Criminal behavior, Prediction of United States. Law enforcement United States Statistical methods. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10266063 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 26403 26403