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Profiling and Automated Decisions in Criminal Justice
The use of AI in criminal proceedings raises concerns about the right to a fair trial as we know it today. In particular, automated decision-making and profiling based on expert systems, machine learning, natural language processing, and deep learning to assess evidence, monitor risks, predict recidivism, and even assist in judgments pose serious challenges to fundamental legal principles such as due process, the right to confront incriminating evidence, defence rights, transparency, and non-discrimination. The aim of this conference is to address these problems with panels dedicated to explaining the technology and its significance in the different stages of a criminal trial; this will be enhanced through the adoption of a comparative perspective, with a special emphasis on the traditions of inquisitorial and adversarial systems. The different presentations shall highlight EU initiatives as well as US approaches and particularities in criminal justice systems heavily influenced by plea bargaining solutions. This event will bring together leading scholars and early career researchers from Europe and the US to explore the evolving role of AI in criminal justice systems.
A book launch (7 May, 17:00–19:00) will highlight the importance of explaining the Law of Human-Robot Interaction and will pay tribute to the publication of Human-Robot Interaction in Law and Its Narratives, which explores the legal challenges posed by robots in society with an examination of substantive and procedural law, addressing issues like criminal liability and evidentiary reliability, and discussing at the same time how legal narratives shape our understanding of human-robot interactions.
To register, please email conference@csl.mpg.de
Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the University of Basel and heads the Max Planck Fellow Group ‘Algorithmic Profiling and Automated Decision-Making in Criminal Justice’ at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. Her research focuses on the challenges of digitalisation for criminal law and criminal prosecution at national and international level.
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