SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI in policing and the gun debate continues
Artificial intelligence finds its way into policing across the world, fact checking the gun debate and gun data, fighting blight may help curb violence, crime in Baltimore and Chicago is down, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Columbia’s approach to bias-free policing (Columbia Daily Tribune)
Here's how police in Europe work together against cryptocurrency crime (Business Insider)
Does Police Immunity for Wrongful Arrests Really Deter Crime? (TheCrimeReport.org)
CRIME RATE
Could a cease-fire curb gun violence in Kansas City? (KansasCity.com)
Restoring Vacant Lots Reduces Gun Violence and Crime, Increases Neighborhood Safety (UPenn News) see also: Can Fighting Blight Prevent Gun Violence? (NextCity.org)
Milwaukee as a 'mecca for sex trafficking': New report sheds light on scope of problem (Journal Sentinal)
The Gun Debate (FactCheck.org) see also: Lack of data means effects of gun laws aren’t well known (PBS)
‘CRIMTECH'
AI profiling: the social and moral hazards of ‘predictive’ policing (The Conversation) see also: Artificial Intelligence Is Now Used to Predict Crime. But Is It Biased? (Smithsonianmag.com)
China’s latest satellite tech helps police fight against drugs, terrorism in Xinjiang (Global Times)
Japanese police develop AI that can predict crimes (GineersNow.com) see also: Israel developing cutting edge artificial intelligence crime fighting tools (The Jerusalem Post)
$50,000 already committed to crime technology in new Baton Rouge Area Foundation fundraiser (TheAdvocate.com)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Detroit crime map allows public to see where and when crimes were committed (Detroit Free Press)
Study Finds Body Cam Footage Isn't Released in Almost 40 Percent of Fatal Police Shootings (Gizmodo)
AMERICA’S PRISON SYSTEM
Call to fix youth justice system crisis by boosting mental health (TheAge.com)DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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