The first collective work devoted exclusively to the ethical and penal theoretical considerations of the use of artificial intelligence at sentencingIs it morally acceptable to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the determination of sentences on those who have broken the law? If so, how should such algorithms be used--and what are the consequences?Jesper Ryberg and Julian V. Roberts bring together leading experts to answer these questions. Sentencing and Artificial Intelligence investigates to what extent, and under which conditions, justice and the social good may be promoted by allocating parts of the most important task of the criminal court--that of determining legal punishment--to computerized sentencing algorithms. The introduction of an AI-based sentencing system could save significant resources and increase consistency across jurisdictions. But it could also reproduce historical biases, decrease transparency in decision-making, and undermine trust in the justice system. Dealing with a wide-range of pertinent issues including the transparency of algorithmic-based decision-making, the fairness and morality of algorithmic sentencing decisions, and potential discrimination as a result of these practices, this volume offers avaluable insight on the future of sentencing.

AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsChapter One: Sentencing and Artificial Intelligence: Setting the StageJesper Ryberg and Julian V. RobertsChapter Two: Sentencing and Algorithmic TransparencyJesper RybergChapter Three: Sentencing and the right to reasonsVincent ChiaoChapter Four: Sentencing and the Conflict Between Algorithmic Accuracy and TransparencyJesper Ryberg and Thomas S. PetersenChapter Five: Algorithm-based sentencing and discriminationKasper Lippert-RasmussenChapter Six: Learning to discriminate: The Perfect Proxy Problem in Artificially Intelligent Crime PredictionBenjamin Davies and Thomas DouglasChapter Seven: Enhancing the Integrity of the Sentencing Process Through the Use of Artificial IntelligenceMirko Bagaric and Dan HunterChapter Eight: The Compassionate Computer: Algorithms, Sentencing, and MercyNetanel Dagan and Shmuel BaronChapter Nine: Algorithmic Sentencing: Drawing Lessons from Human Factors ResearchJohn ZerilliChapter Ten: Plea Bargaining, Principled Sentencing, and Artificial IntelligenceRichard LippkeChapter Eleven: Reconciling Artificial and Human Intelligence: Supplementing and Not Supplanting the Sentencing JudgeMathis Schwarze and Julian V. RobertsChapter Twelve: Artificial Intelligence and Sentencing: Humans against the MachineSigrid van Wingerden & Mojca PlesnicarChapter Thirteen: Iudicium ex Machinae - The Ethical Challenges of Automated Decision-Making at SentencingFrej Klem ThomsenIndex