Judged bashes Probation Department for gender bias in favor of leniency for girls

BinaryShadow · 2010-12-07T04:42:31+00:00

In an effort to trim the number of locked-up juveniles, the city partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice in 2003 to develop a computer-generated program that would take the guesswork out of probation officers' recommendations.

A higher score on the Probation Assessment Tool (PAT) means a recommendation that could lead to eventual dismissal of charges. A lower score means probation or lockup, not to mention the juvenile delinquent tag.

Hunt claims PAT routinely rewards girls with 14 extra points for gender alone, while boys get 0.

"The system contains a built-in gender bias in favor of female delinquents," Hunt writes.

That's right, people. Young women are given a pass even when machines are calculating for us. We programmed sexism right into the device. This is why I never believe anyone when they say men are more violent than women by citing prison statistics as if that's an unbiased number.

Ma99ie · 2010-12-07T06:07:41+00:00

Yay! One for our side.

Title	Judged bashes Probation Department for gender bias in favor of leniency for girls
Author	tomek77
Upvotes	26
Comments	7
Date	December 7, 2010 3:55 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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