A Decision Support System for Sex-Crime Sentencing

性犯罪量刑專家決策支援系統之建置

陳慈幸(Cathy T. H. Chen)

性犯罪 ； 量刑 ； 專家系統 ； Sex Crime ； Sentencing ； Decision Support System ； Expert System

資訊管理學報

20卷4期（2013 / 10 / 01）

449 - 481

英文

本研究將應用AJAX技術開發性犯罪量刑專家系統，並有以下研究目的：其一、建構法官與觀審員個別操作介面之量刑系統。其二、以人性化的角度，設計選擇量刑條件的操作流程；同時避免量刑系統資料過於龐大，導致讀取緩慢之情形。其三、法官量刑系統之部分，保留法官根據案件實際情節增減刑期之空間。其四、除過去判決資料之呈現外，實際給予判決刑度的建議。本系統之架構分為三個部分：歷年判決資料庫、使用者介面以及運算規則庫。其量刑結果將依據歷年判決刑期之平均數值，藉由公式運算科刑條件的權重加減，最後得致量刑刑度之建議，提供法官與觀審員參考，以期降低判決之歧異，維持量刑之一致性與穩定性。

In this research the AJAX technique was used to develop an expert system for sex-crime sentencing. The goals were as follows: (1) to create an expert system which can be easily operated by judges and members of an observer jury; (2) to take a humanized perspective to designing a sentencing operating procedure which is streamlined and efficient; (3) to retain in the system the judge's prerogative to adjust the sentence according to the actual circumstances of the case; and (4) to design the system in such a way that it provides sentencing recommendations as well as information on past cases of a similar type. The system developed in this research consists of three parts: a database of past sentences; a user interface; and an operational rule base. The system makes sentencing recommendations based on the average length of past sentences, while also applying a weighting formula for taking into account the specific circumstances of the case, so as to make sentences more consistent and equitable.

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