Under broken-windows policing, officers are encouraged to aggressively police small crimes and even simply examples of disorder. Predictive policing works on this notion of broken windows. It is technology that predicts these minor offenses, like burglary or auto theft, Richards-Calathes said. There is no evidence that it is an effective technology for murders, and of course, it is not a technology marketed to hit much more serious issues such as white-collar crime. Richards-Calathes points out that a large part of determining policing strategy is determining the definition of a crime and which crimes deserve attention. The most over-policed crimes are offenses that are believed to be committed by people of color, she said. Theres a clear bias that is inherent because it can only predict the information that is being uploaded, said Khan. In other words, its garbage in, garbage out. According to Khan, the reliance on historical crime data skews police presence toward low-income neighborhoods that are already saturated with cops. **** In essence, the principle that has been held for the longest time - of innocent until proven guilty - has now been turned onto its head because now were all guilty until proven innocent. Khan said. ****
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:17:33 +0000
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