I’m not sure that’s completely true. Rehabilitation is difficult in principle. Parole boards should not put dangerous people on the street even if they have improved slightly.
In a perfect world, parole boards would give the credence for recidivism and have credence calibration based on it. People on such a board can use questions like “did the patient ever harm animals as a child?” to inform themselves to the extend it helps them make better predictions.
Yes, there’s are people who complain about the metrics and who think they are unfair. The makers of these scales also don’t like them to be used for this purpose.
At the same time I’m not convinced that the metrics aren’t up to the task.
I’m not sure that’s completely true. Rehabilitation is difficult in principle. Parole boards should not put dangerous people on the street even if they have improved slightly.
In a perfect world, parole boards would give the credence for recidivism and have credence calibration based on it. People on such a board can use questions like “did the patient ever harm animals as a child?” to inform themselves to the extend it helps them make better predictions.
Put “psychopath test parole” in your favorite search engine and you’ll find plenty of media coverage over the issue.
Yes, there’s are people who complain about the metrics and who think they are unfair. The makers of these scales also don’t like them to be used for this purpose. At the same time I’m not convinced that the metrics aren’t up to the task.