Data driven policing, cracking down on crime hotspots, protecting against the Ferguson Effect, how social media shapes perception about crime, the science behind lower crime trends, gun violence, children and violence, state law enforcement data practices, body cam footage, algorithms and bias in criminal justice, and more…
POLICE CONDUCT
New Indiana State Police squad using data to crack down on crime hotspots (Fox 59) see also: Police to rely on data-driven stats to prevent crime (CBS Miami)
LAPD may no longer send armed officers to these police calls (KTLA)
Protecting against the Ferguson Effect: do legitimacy and pro-policing news matter? (Taylor and Francis Online)
How one city cut gun violence in half and may become a model around the country (KAKE)
CRIME RATE
How Social Media Shapes Our Perceptions About Crime (Stanford.edu)
Gun violence is on the rise in D.C. (Axios Washington DC)
“It’s Kind of Our Everyday Life. It Sort of Becomes Natural”: Everyday Violence and Violent Practices Among Young People (SAGE Journals) see also: ‘Too many children involved in very adult crimes’: Durham police chief discusses troubling trend in crime report (WRAL) and also: Nearly one in three people shot in 2023 were 18 or under as gun violence flares near schools (The Baltimore Banner)
CRIM-TECH
Will Portland police get to review body cam footage to write use of force reports? (KOIN)
Philadelphia Police body camera footage remains largely unreviewed (Axios)
POLICE TRANSPARENCY
White House wants info from state law enforcement on data practices (StateScoop)
Mayor Scott Unveils Public Safety Accountability Dashboard (BalitmoreCity.gov)
THE PRISON SYSTEM
Algorithms were supposed to reduce bias in criminal justice, but do they? (Phys.org)
ABA report criticizes fines and fees system in New Mexico’s courts (AmericanBar.org)
Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them (NPR)
Brittany Suszan 