Re:Louisiana Judges Issue Harsher Sentences When the LSU Foo...
by dogma1138 on Friday September 09, 2016 @10:46AM
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Could be but statistics are tricky.
Hour of day / day of week can easily be skewed by the system at large.
For example more bar fights over the weekends, more violent crime during the heat waves in the summer, more prank crimes involving young first time offenders during school breaks (e.g. spring break), more cases of spousal abuse during the holiday season etc.
Just having the numbers and saying here you are biased isn't really easy because it might not be possible to actually determine true bias from them.
Hour of day / day of week can easily be skewed by the system at large.
For example more bar fights over the weekends, more violent crime during the heat waves in the summer, more prank crimes involving young first time offenders during school breaks (e.g. spring break), more cases of spousal abuse during the holiday season etc.
Just having the numbers and saying here you are biased isn't really easy because it might not be possible to actually determine true bias from them.