Publications [#335756] of John E. Staddon

Journal Articles

1. Staddon, JER (2005). Fair Profiling.
   (last updated on 2025/03/28)

   Abstract:
   There are several strategies available to police “stopping” suspects. Most efficient is to stop only members of the group with the highest a priori probability of guilt; least efficient is indiscriminate stopping. An efficient option that satisfies one criterion for fairness is a strategy that matches stop probability to risk probability. But a strategy that chooses stop probabilities so that the absolute number of innocents stopped is equal for all groups is close to maximally efficient and seems fair by almost any criterion.