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Smart-Justice in Asia: AI for Risk Assessment and Rehabilitation – Comparative Evidence and U.S. Best-Practice Guardrails (104245)
Session Chair: Vandana Chaudhry
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026 15:10
Session: Session 3
Room: Live-Stream Room 6
Presentation Type: Live-Stream Presentation
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This research examines the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in transforming offender rehabilitation across Asian jurisdictions, focusing on India, Japan, China, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while drawing on best-practice insights from the United States. It analyses how AI-driven tools are reshaping correctional decision-making, from risk assessment and behavioural analysis to post-release supervision, and evaluates the ethical, legal, and operational frameworks that govern their deployment. In India, AI applications are concentrated in investigative analytics, judicial automation, and predictive policing, with limited adoption for individualized rehabilitation programmes. Japan demonstrates structured use of predictive platforms, such as Crime Nabi, which improve situational crime prevention but have yet to facilitate offender reintegration. China exemplifies extensive AI integration, including algorithm-assisted sentencing and virtual prison monitoring, highlighting both technological advancement and the challenges of fairness, privacy, and human rights protection. The UAE provides an emerging model through AI-enabled behavioural monitoring in correctional facilities, aimed at preventing violence and supporting psychological well-being, signaling a cautious shift toward rehabilitation-oriented AI. Drawing on U.S. best practices in algorithmic risk assessment, the study advances the legal hypothesis that: AI can lawfully and effectively support offender rehabilitation only when its deployment adheres to principles of transparency, accountability, proportionality, and human dignity, ensuring that technological efficiency does not undermine rehabilitative justice. It proposes a comparative, Asia-specific framework for the responsible implementation of AI in rehabilitation, aligning technological innovation with the principles of restorative justice and human rights compliance.
Authors:
Arifa Zahra, Amity University Dubai, United Arab Emirates
About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Arifa Zahra is an Assistant Professor specialising in International and Commercial Laws. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor at Amity Law School.
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