The first collective work devoted exclusively to the ethical and penal theoretical considerations of the use of artificial intelligence at sentencing.
Is it morally acceptable to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the determination of sentences on those who have broken the law? If so, how should such algorithms be used—and what are the consequences?
Jesper Ryberg and Julian V. Roberts bring together leading experts to answer these questions. Sentencing and Artificial Intelligence investigates to what extent, and under which conditions, justice and the social good may be promoted by allocating parts of the most important task of the criminal court—that of determining legal punishment—to computerized sentencing algorithms. The introduction of an AI-based sentencing system could save significant resources and increase consistency across jurisdictions. But it could also reproduce historical biases, decrease transparency in decision-making, and undermine trust in the justice system. Dealing with a wide-range of pertinent issues including the transparency of algorithmic-based decision-making, the fairness and morality of algorithmic sentencing decisions, and potential discrimination as a result of these practices, this volume offers avaluable insight on the future of sentencing.
- Contents:
- Chapter One: Sentencing and Artificial Intelligence: Setting the Stage
- Jesper Ryberg and Julian V. Roberts
- Chapter Two: Sentencing and Algorithmic Transparency
- Jesper Ryberg
- Chapter Three: Sentencing and the right to reasons
- Vincent Chiao
- Chapter Four: Sentencing and the Conflict Between Algorithmic Accuracy and Transparency
- Jesper Ryberg and Thomas S. Petersen
- Chapter Five: Algorithm-based sentencing and discrimination
- Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
- Chapter Six: Learning to discriminate: The Perfect Proxy Problem in Artificially Intelligent Crime Prediction
- Benjamin Davies and Thomas Douglas
- Chapter Seven: Enhancing the Integrity of the Sentencing Process Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence
- Mirko Bagaric and Dan Hunter
- Chapter Eight: The Compassionate Computer: Algorithms, Sentencing, and Mercy
- Netanel Dagan and Shmuel Baron
- Chapter Nine: Algorithmic Sentencing: Drawing Lessons from Human Factors Research
- John Zerilli
- Chapter Ten: Plea Bargaining, Principled Sentencing, and Artificial Intelligence
- Richard Lippke
- Chapter Eleven: Reconciling Artificial and Human Intelligence: Supplementing and Not Supplanting the Sentencing Judge
- Mathis Schwarze and Julian V. Roberts
- Chapter Twelve: Artificial Intelligence and Sentencing: Humans against the Machine
- Sigrid van Wingerden & Mojca Plesnicar
- Chapter Thirteen: Iudicium ex Machinae – The Ethical Challenges of Automated Decision-Making at Sentencing
- Frej Klem Thomsen
- Index