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There is no judicial truth. Organisations cannot "do Justice". Let's discuss the biases of the judicial institutions.
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The "fiction of the neutrality of the judge and of her decisions, symbolised by the assertion of a uniform judicial body under her black robe, does not stand to a scientific approach".
"Analysis of structural logics and observation of judicial practices reveal the existence of decision-making biases that are less individual than collective, less subjective than systemic."
Jacques Faget in "L’acte de juger et ses biais" (2018) https://www.cairn.info/revue-deliberee-2018-3-page-27.htm @sociology
Unitary management:
"A good decision is no longer a decision legally well-supported, but a decision made within a reasonable time, which will not be appealed and whose application will incur fewer costs."
Jacques Faget in "L’acte de juger et ses biais" (2018) https://www.cairn.info/revue-deliberee-2018-3-page-27.htm @ethics
Risk tools come to still improve our chances. A study shows:
➤ Risk assessment reduces the likelihood of incarceration for relatively affluent defendants,
➤ Risk assessment increases the likelihood of incarceration for relatively poor defendants.
Technique cements bias:
Pretrial risk assessment algorithms (2021) https://www.govtech.com/public-safety/risk-assessment-algorithms-can-unfairly-impact-court-decisions