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The Effect of Risk Assessment Scores on Judicial Behavior and Defendant Outcomes

CarlyWill Sloan, George Naufal and Heather Caspers
Published online before print May 08, 2023, 0221-11470R3; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0221-11470R3
CarlyWill Sloan
Sloan: United States Military Academy at West Point,
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George Naufal
Naufal: Texas A&M University and IZA,
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Caspers: Iowa Department of Human Rights, ;
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