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Melissa Hamilton

Dr Melissa Hamilton is a member of the Hub and a Professor at the School of Law.

Melissa’s research interests include algorithmic fairness in criminal justice.

For Melissa’s full profile, visit the University of Surrey website.

How the University of Surrey is at the forefront of research into artificial intelligence bias in predictive policing.

The ‘Opening Up After Lock Down’ [O.U.A.L.D.] team presents an application that allows organisations to open up after lock …

Automated risk assessment is all the rage in the criminal justice system. Proponents view risk assessment as an objective way to reduce …

The ProPublica/Northpointe racial bias debate, and the broader issue of algorithmic fairness, present significant dilemmas for criminal …

This essay reports original research using a large dataset of offenders who were scored on the popular risk assessment tool COMPAS.

Today, judges across the U.S. use risk assessment tools like COMPAS in sentencing decisions. In at least 10 states, these tools are a …