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stat.AP2017★ 1 cited
The causal impact of bail on case outcomes for indigent defendants
Kristian Lum, Mike Baiocchi
We use near-far matching, a technique for estimating causal relationships, to explore whether bail causes a higher likelihood of conviction. We find evidence of a strong causal imp…
stat.AP2017★ 6 cited
An algorithm for removing sensitive information: application to race-independent recidivism prediction
James E. Johndrow, Kristian Lum
Predictive modeling is increasingly being employed to assist human decision-makers. One purported advantage of replacing or augmenting human judgment with computer models in high s…
math.ST2017★ 5 cited
Theoretical Limits of Record Linkage and Microclustering
James E. Johndrow, Kristian Lum, David B. Dunson
There has been substantial recent interest in record linkage, attempting to group the records pertaining to the same entities from a large database lacking unique identifiers. This…