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<p>The Ministry of Justice assesses the quality of alternative risk assessment tools
proposed by Community Rehabilitation Companies and sets a number of conditions for
approval including a requirement for ongoing research and evaluation to ensure the
tool is fit for purpose. Under our proposals for future probation arrangements responsibility
for undertaking risk assessment processes will sit with staff in the National Probation
Service.</p><p>We are still at the early stages of using algorithms in the criminal
justice system, primarily as decision support tools to aid professional judgement.
We have internal process in place to ensure we develop and roll-out algorithmic models
appropriately and responsibly and are working with The Alan Turing Institute to make
sure use of these models is ethical, safe and fair</p><p>These tools are one element
of a number of measures for assessing the risk of re-offending: offender managers
make robust risk assessments based on their professional expertise. The most complex
cases, and those with the highest assessed risk of re-offending or causing harm, will
attract the most intensive intervention. In all cases, the professional judgement
of the offender manager is a key factor in deciding what measures are needed to manage
an offender and prevent re-offending.</p>
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