Harcourt, Bernard E. <br/><br/>
Against prediction  profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age 
Bernard E. Harcourt. 
 - Chicago  University of Chicago Press  2007. 
 - viii, 336 p.  ill.  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-329) and index. 
<br/><br/>Actuarial methods in the criminal law -- The rise of the actuarial paradigm -- Ernest W. Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0226316130 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226316130 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226316149 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780226316147 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006011178 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Racial profiling in law enforcement--United States.<br/>Law enforcement--Statistical methods.--United States<br/>Criminal behavior, Prediction of--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV 7936 .R3  / H37 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.2/30890973