According to Walker, the prediction problem dives into a series of different questions. For example, he states discretionary decisions involve predictions about that person involved: as a citizen on the street, a suspect, a defendant, as a convicted offender, and as a prisoner. The author later states, “How do we know which convicted offenders are safe to place on probation? How do we know which offenders should go to prison?” Furthermore, what Walker is questioning is the issue that should we keep predicting these discretionary decisions or base them off the facts. 2. How does the age-crime relationship link to the prediction problem?
The age-crime relationship links to the prediction