SpotCrime Weekly Reads: Homicide rate, AI crime prediction, youth crime
Houston ignored cases, NJ police discipline, traffic stop racial disparities, homicides falling, kids' online safety bill, image based sexual abuse, youth and delinquency, DNA, gunshot detection impact, AI to predict crimes, DA transparency dashboard, death in prisons, and more...
POLICE CONDUCT
Houston police misused ‘lack of personnel’ code for eight years, Chief Satterwhite says, leading to 260,000 ignored cases (Houston Public Media)
460 cops faced major discipline in 2023, new report shows (New Jersey Monitor)
CRIME RATE
Homicides in U.S. Continue to Fall from Pandemic Highs (New York Times) see also: Crime in Austin continues downward trend, though homicides still above pre-pandemic levels (Austin American-Statesman)
LAPD warns residents after spike in burglaries using Wi-Fi jammers that disable security cameras, smart doorbells (Tom's Hardware)
Image-Based Sexual Abuse Perpetration: A Scoping Review (Sage Journals)
CRIM-TECH
Firearm shootings and the police response: examining the impact of gunshot detection technology (Taylor & Francis Online)
Argentina will use AI to ‘predict future crimes’ but experts worry for citizens’ rights (The Guardian) see also: Using Deep Learning Neural Networks to Predict Violent vs. Nonviolent Extremist Behaviors (Taylor & Francis Online)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
Santa Clara County DA launches dashboard to promote transparency on court statistics (LocalNewsMatters.org)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Biden signs bill strengthening oversight of crisis-plagued US Bureau of Prisons after AP reporting (AP News)
$400K State Grant Funds Study of Jail Diversion Programs (Maryland Today)
170+ people have died inside Georgia prisons in 2024. How college students are hoping to fix that (WJCL)
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