Detain/Release Task 11

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  1. Hi Natalie,

    I managed to survive as a judge through the simulation by the skin of my teeth but mostly because I changed my own internal bias to be a bit more willing to detain in order to survive the simulation. I also did not see non-violent crimes with low risk of flight needing to be detained. However without fail each time it said low change of not appearing they always didn’t appear and the fraudsters ended up committing a violent criminal offense when released. Midway I changed my view and began detaining these individuals as well and it allowed me to finish the simulation but I was intrigued by how you mentioned public opinion made you lose a round.

    As you mentioned, in my area we also have violent crime happening often but criminals are released within days or months and they then go on to commit another crime and the courts release that they had a criminal record of dozens of violent crimes. But no matter how often innocent people are harmed by repeat offenders judges do not seem to be able to be removed in Canada for their failing even when public opinion is against them, unlike in the simulation where you’d have to step aside if public opinion was against you as the judge.

    To address your question, a risk-assessment tool that could accurate predict would be similar to Jack Maple’s COMPSAT program initially until it was co-opted as a political tool and misunderstood that if COMPSAT reports fall it mean that the offending criminals have been detained and society is safer. Altruistic politicians are needed to continue unbiased risk-assessment tools and if the tool works effectively then it should be expected to report low or insignificant numbers and then the tool could be adjusted to address other crimes.

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