src/aif360/data/raw/compas/README.md

ProPublica Recidivism/COMPAS

Source:

https://github.com/propublica/compas-analysis

This dataset is used to assess the likelihood that a criminal defendant will re-offend. The dataset used consisted of

Download instructions

Download the following file and place it as-is in the current folder

1. compas-scores-two-years.csv

Relevant Papers

• J. Angwin, J. Larson, S. Mattu, L. Kirchner, “Machine bias: There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks,” ProPublica, 23 May 2016