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Judicial systems are increasingly using automated AI risk-assessment tools to evaluate a defendant's likelihood of reoffending (recidivism) to assist judges in determining bail amounts, sentencing lengths, and parole eligibility.

Discuss how algorithmic bias can affect the risk scores generated by these automated assessment tools.

Your answer should consider:

  • the potential causes of algorithmic bias in risk-assessment software
  • the impact of this bias on individual defendants and systemic justice
  • the methods available to mitigate or reduce the risk of algorithmic bias in these tools.
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Ethical and legal Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Ethical and legal

35 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Ethical and legal, covering Ethical and legal issues of personal data, Issues of AI, machine learning and robotics, and Intellectual property protection methods. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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