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    Sentencing software uses algorithms to help judges determine criminal sentences. It was developed in the mid-1990s to assess likelihood of recidivism. However, sentencing software relies on factors like "criminal personality" and "social isolation" that can be biased. Its use could lead to fast judgments but lack human emotional understanding needed in criminal cases. Questioning the moral and ethical issues around new technologies is important to ensure innovations don't risk public safety or allow private control without accountability. Studying science, technology and society helps provide the broader context technologies impact.

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    Sentencing software uses algorithms to help judges determine criminal sentences. It was developed in the mid-1990s to assess likelihood of recidivism. However, sentencing software relies on factors like "criminal personality" and "social isolation" that can be biased. Its use could lead to fast judgments but lack human emotional understanding needed in criminal cases. Questioning the moral and ethical issues around new technologies is important to ensure innovations don't risk public safety or allow private control without accountability. Studying science, technology and society helps provide the broader context technologies impact.

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    MIKO STS Act

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    Sentencing software uses algorithms to help judges determine criminal sentences. It was developed in the mid-1990s to assess likelihood of recidivism. However, sentencing software relies on factors like "criminal personality" and "social isolation" that can be biased. Its use could lead to fast judgments but lack human emotional understanding needed in criminal cases. Questioning the moral and ethical issues around new technologies is important to ensure innovations don't risk public safety or allow private control without accountability. Studying science, technology and society helps provide the broader context technologies impact.

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    SENTENCING

    SOFTWARE
    1. WHAT IS “SENTENCING SOFTWARE” ALL
    ABOUT?
    • “Sentencing Software” is an algorithm that helps the judge to decide on how severe
    the criminal’s sentence would be. It assesses the criminals.
    • In the mid-1990’s criminal sentencing software were developed.
    • COMPAS-Its function is to assess the likelihood of a defendant becoming a recidivist.
    • NORTHPOINTE WAS FOUNDED in 1989 by Tim Brennan and Dave Wells.
    Criminogenic needs includes “criminal personality” “social isolation,” “substance
    abuse” and “residence/stability.”
    2. WHAT FACTORS OR EVENTS LED TO THIS
    DILEMMA?

    • Crime rates-Up until the early 1990’s, crime rate all over the world has be
    rising, especially in Western Europe and the US.
    • Innovation could also be one of the factors that led to the “Sentencing
    Software” to be made.
    • California Crime Time is an example of software that tracks criminal
    offences and allows the user to identify other people's sentence information
    for offences that are comparable to their own.
    3. WHAT ARE THE SOCIETAL IMPLICATIONS
    OF THIS DILEMMA?

    • Judgement of crimes would be fast and the court of law can be more
    efficient.
    • A machine does not have the emotional and logical understanding of a
    human which, I think, is needed in making judgements.
    • Biased.
    • Incorrect judgements that can ruin lives.
    • Private companies might be able to control them remotely.
    4. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO QUESTION THE MORAL AND ETHICAL
    ISSUES SURROUNDING INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY?

    • Innovation and insanity are two things divided by a very fine line. If we do
    not raise questions about the moral and ethical issues surrounding
    innovations in science and technology, then the innovators might think that it
    is okay to do whatever they think even if it is very risky for the safety of the
    people.
    5. IN THE FACE OF THIS DILEMMA, WHY IS IT
    IMPORTANT TO STUDY STS?
    • Science and technology are used in so many good ways that it can change or
    even save one’s life. With this, it is vital to have knowledge not just in
    memorizing formulas and being the pioneer to a new technology, but also
    understanding what the society really needs today. We should be educated in
    all three subjects for us to be able to weigh things in mind, know to stop
    depending in robotic automation and think with compassion and humanity.

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