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COMPAS (software)
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<p>Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions (COMPAS) is a <a href="/facts/Legal_case_management/ajC7c37P">case management</a> and <a href="/facts/Decision_support_software/HPeJMlRM">decision support</a> software developed and owned by Northpointe (now Equivant), used by <a href="/facts/U.S._court/Nw0yGJbd">U.S. courts</a> to assess the likelihood of a <a href="/facts/Defendant/t7ftlHvP">defendant</a> becoming a <a href="/facts/Recidivist/FXHxFokI">recidivist</a>. </p><p>COMPAS has been used by the U.S. states of New York, Wisconsin, California, Florida's <a href="/facts/Broward_County/ecUXCpRx">Broward County</a>, and other jurisdictions. </p>