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- Title
"THE STRINGS IN THE BOOKS AIN'T PULLED AND PERSUADED": HOW THE USE OF IMPROPER STATISTICS AND UNVERIFIED DATA CORRUPTS THE JUDICIAL PROCESS IN SEX OFFENDER CASES.
- Authors
Cucolo, Heather Ellis; Perlin, Michael L.
- Abstract
The article discusess how courts rely on inaccurate statistics when deciding whether a sex offender is likely to recidivate in the U.S. Topics discussed include errors have led to the inappropriate shaming and humiliation of persons; the impact of errors on judicial process; and the enactment of Michigan's Sex Offenders Registration Act for addressing the same.
- Subjects
COURTS; SEX offenders; STATISTICS; HUMILIATION; JUDICIAL process
- Publication
Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2019, Vol 69, Issue 3, p637
- ISSN
0008-7262
- Publication type
Article