A note on the multiplicative fairness score in the NIJ recidivism forecasting challenge

Abstract Background The 2021 NIJ recidivism forecasting challenge asks participants to construct predictive models of recidivism while balancing false positive rates across groups of Black and white individuals through a multiplicative fairness score. We investigate the performance of several models...

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Main Authors: George Mohler, Michael D. Porter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:Crime Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-021-00152-x