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Jul 26, 2023 · AI systems, like Oasys, rely on arrest data as proxies for crime when they could in some cases be proxies for racially biased law enforcement (and there are plenty of examples in the UK and...
Sep 19, 2023 · Furthermore, given the disproportionate rate at which African Americans are subject to arrest, the center found that facial recognition systems that rely on mug shot databases are likely to include an equally disproportionate number of African Americans.
Jul 15, 2022 · Predictive policing tools are built by feeding data — such as crime reports, arrest records and license plate images — to an algorithm, which is trained to look for patterns to predict where...
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- Insufficient Evidence
Police chiefs call ShotSpotter a game-changer. The technology, which has been installed in about 110 American cities, large and small, can cost up to $95,000 per square mile peryear. The system is usually placed at the request of local officials in neighborhoods deemed to be the highest risk for gun violence, which are often disproportionately Blac...
On a balmy Sunday evening in May 2020, Williams and his wife Jacqueline Anderson settled in at their apartment building on Chicago’s South Side. They fed their Rottweiler Lily and German shepherd Shibey. Anderson fell asleep. Williams said he left the house to buy cigarettes at a gas station. Looters had beaten him to it. Six days before in Minneap...
On the night Williams stepped out for cigarettes, ShotSpotter sensors triangulated a loud noise the system initially assigned to 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr. near Chicago’s historic Museum of Science and Industry alongside Lake Michigan, according to an alert the company sent to police. That material anchored the prosecutor’s theory that Williams shot He...
The next day, Williams hobbled into Courtroom 500 leaning on his wooden cane, dressed in tan jail garb and sandals, as a sheriff’s deputy towered over him. He had been locked up for 11 months. Williams lifted his head to the famously irascible Judge Vincent Gaughan. The 79-year-old Vietnam veteran looked back from high on his bench and told William...
Dec 30, 2023 · One of the key benefits of AI-based predictive policing is its ability to identify crime hotspots. By examining historical crime data, AI algorithms can pinpoint areas with a higher likelihood...
In recent years, artificial intelligence and data analytics have exploded in popularity. The criminal justice tech space is no exception: many new tools are AI-enabled, including algorithmic risk assessments, facial recognition, and gunshot detection. But these tools aren’t perfect.
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Jan 15, 2021 · As vast troves of forensic data from current and past cases are digitally stored in a centralized manner, software developers may design algorithms to integrate forensic findings from an expansive range of evidence, data, and relevant contextual information to simulate and reconstruct a crime scene.
