SpotCrime Weekly Reads: facial recognition, gun violence, data boosts trust in public safety
Questioning the ethics behind facial recognition software, addressing gun violence, data boosts trust in public safety, dangers of constantly monitored society, spike in sextortion scams, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Pandemic-era policing: Fewer crimes, but signs of rising stress (Public Source)
Smart Policing for Safer Cities: A Data-Driven Approach (TowardDataScience.com)
San Francisco police chief bans 'thin blue line' face masks (ABC News)
CRIME RATE
Gun Violence Reduction Programs Struggle With Long-Term Success (IdeaStream) see also: U.S. still has a gun violence problem despite coronavirus lockdowns (Axios) and also: In many cities, gun violence is dealing a double blow to black communities already ravaged by the pandemic. Community outreach workers are struggling to keep up. (The Trace)
Arizona sees spike in 'sextortion' email scams (Arizona Daily Star)
CRIM-TECH
Researchers said their 'unbiased' facial recognition could identify potential future criminals — then deleted the announcement after backlash (BusinessInsider) see also: Biometric software that allegedly predicts criminals based on their face sparks industry controversy (BiometricUpdate) and also: Anaheim police to use facial recognition software to help identify suspects (Orange County Register) and finally: Clearview AI to stop selling controversial facial recognition app to private companies (The Verge)
Police make arrest in 1999 killing using DNA, genealogy site (San Francisco Chronicle)
Challenges faced by Digital Forensics (LegalDesire.com)
Opinion: What we don’t know can hurt us. Why Dallas needs to get better crime analysis (Dallas News)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Today’s cities are built on bricks and cement. The cities of tomorrow are built on data. (The Times of India)
PRISON REFORM
Will COVID-19 Help Flatten Numbers Behind Bars? (TheCrimeReport.org)
DOJ: U.S. Imprisonment Rate Lowest Since 1996 (LA Daily Post)
Police, jails change the way they operate in coronavirus outbreak (Greenville Journal)
DUMB CRIMINAL OF THE WEEK
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