The title of this post is the title of this paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Amy Cyphert.  Here is its abstract: The First Step Act, a seemingly miraculous bipartisan criminal justice reform bill, was signed into law in late 2018.  The Act directed the Attorney General to develop a risk and needs assessment tool that would effectively determine who would be eligible for early release based on an algorithmic prediction of recidivism. … Continue Reading "Reprogramming Recidivism: The First Step Act and Algorithmic Prediction of Risk"