Prediction and Punishment: Critical Report on Carceral AI
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- Authors
- Pruss, D., Pullen-Blasnik, H., Stevens, N., Rahman, S., Belitz, C., Stapleton, L., Dharmaraj, M. G., Aizeki, M., Molnar, P., Pinch, A., Ryan, N., Lima, T., Widder, D. G., Tiwari, A., Zhǎngsūn Brown, L. X., Sexton, J. S., & Nunes, P.
- Affiliations
- George Mason University (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Vassar College (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Bucknell University (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Pruss, Dasha
- ORCID
- Venue
- SSRN Electronic Journal
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2025
- ISSN
- 1556-5068 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4406232831
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3
- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Artificial Intelligence in Law
- Keywords
- artificial intelligence in criminal justice, predictive policing, algorithmic bias, public-private partnerships, surveillance, incarceration, low-tech interventions, decarceration, community resistance, algorithmic accountability
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