SpotCrime Weekly Reads: AI, gun violence, mental health, crime data

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SpotCrime's new podcast, ethics of AI in policing, FBI data is back, studying gun violence, what we can learn from the mentally ill, and more...

POLICE CONDUCT

Report: Chicago police not reporting mentally ill gun owners (Fox32)

Lakeland PD officers’ use of force raises question of body cameras (The Lakeland Ledger)

The FBI Restored Its Missing Crime Data (FiveThirtyEight)

Why police should monitor social media to prevent crime (Wired)

SpotCrime's new podcast 'The Land of the Unsolved' Episode 1: The mysterious death of Baltimore police homicide detective Sean Suiter (SpotCrime)

Law enforcement agencies moving to place crime data in one database (WCTV)

CRIME RATE

Does Detroit's Project Green Light really make the city safer? (Detroit Free Press)

Just how much is the booming cybercrime economy worth? (Silicon Republic)

What Care for the Criminally Insane Can Teach Us About Mental Health Treatment (PewTrusts.org)

7 governors launch ‘unprecedented’ effort to study gun violence (Politico)

Study shows undocumented immigration doesn’t increase violent crime (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

New Jersey arrests more people for weed than almost any other state. See the list (NJ.com) See also: No Significant Crime Increase Near LA’s 1st Recreational Marijuana Stores (NBC4 LA)

What’s the Homicide Capital of America? Murder Rates in U.S. Cities, Ranked. (The Trace)

Did the End of Stop-and-Frisk Cause Murder to Explode in Chicago? (Mother Jones)

7 teens have been charged with murder in the past month. What's going on in Charlotte? (The Charlotte Observer)

'CRIMTECH'

Potholes, Rats and Criminals: How to Think about the Ethics of AI in Government (GovTech)

Scranton seeks grant for virtual reality police training (The Times-Tribune)

After too many shots missed, Fall River officially ends deal with ShotSpotter (The Herald News)

POLICE TRANSPARENCY

Arizona bill provides accurate public safety data quickly, transparently (Arizona Capitol Times)

Asheville activists want police data; Request made after officer beating of pedestrian (Citizen Times)

PRISON REFORM

Criminal History And A Second Chance For Prisoners (CrimeInAmerica.net)

DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK

Burglary suspect tries to disguise face with plastic water bottle case (WCVB)
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