Intelligent Computer Evaluation of Offender’s
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Authors: | Uri J Schild Ruth Kannai |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Computer Science, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel;(2) Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel |
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Abstract: | This paper considers the problem of how to evaluate an offender’s criminal record. This evaluation is part of the sentencing
process carried out by a judge, and may be complicated in the case of offenders with a heavy record. We give a comprehensive
overview of the approach to an offender’s past record in various (Western) countries, considering the two major approaches:
desert-based and utilitarian. The paper describes the determination of the parameters involved in the evaluation, and the
construction of a decision support system to be used by a judge about to pass sentence in a criminal case. The system may
be used as a stand-alone system, but can also be integrated as a component of a general sentencing support system, e.g. a
statistical sentencing information system. The system is a knowledge-based system. The knowledge base (in rule-form) was created
primarily by eliciting knowledge from experts (judges, lawyers, academics and probation officers), but also by applying statutory
law, case law and legal authoritative texts. It is flexible in the sense, that a user can introduce his1 own preferences (expressed as numerical coefficients) and thereby apply different sentencing principles. The prototype is
at present undergoing testing by some of the participating judges. |
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Keywords: | criminal sentencing decision support systems previous criminal record |
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