Criminal Justice Algorithms as Void Objects: Recidivism Prediction Opacity, Adaptive Enforcement, and False Positive Harm — A Within-Domain Spearman Convergence
Abstract
Ten criminal justice algorithmic systems (COMPAS, PSA, SAS Risk Score, OASys, PredPol/Geolitica, ShotSpotter, Palantir Gotham, and others) scored on O (score calculation opacity — trade secret protection), R (feedback loop in predictive policing), and C (jurisdictional lock-in, legislative mandate binding). Spearman ρ between Void Index and documented harm: ProPublica racial false positive rates, Dressel & Farid accuracy vs. human baseline, Lum & Isaac predictive policing feedback harm, ACLU false arrest rates. EU AI Act Annex III §6 — PROHIBITED category for predictive policing. Highest adversarial value: framework survival in this domain answers the 'soft social domain' objection.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
Artificial Intelligence in Law
Digitalization
Law
and Regulation
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 1 March 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint