SpotCrime Weekly Reads: facial recognition, prison, juvenile crime
Virtual mugshots, facial recognition, crime data, guns and suicide, Log4J flaw, retail thefts, violent crime by children, body cams, predictive policing, police misconduct database, prison population decreased in 2020, criminal justice data, marginal cost of incarceration, and more... POLICE CONDUCT NYPD Utilizes ‘Virtual Mugshots’ Despite City Hall’s Words (GovTech) The Challenge of Attracting More African Americans to Police Careers (TheCrimeReport.org) Citizens Police Data Project collects and publishes information about police misconduct in Chicago (Citizens Police Data Project) Bogged down by data, police services need process rethink: study New research shows too much paperwork may hinder effective policing (Western U News) Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods (Justice.gov) CRIME RATE Hackers launch over 840,000 attacks through Log4J flaw (ArsTechnia) Increase in Colorado’s property crime rate bucks national trend, report s