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February 4, 2019 06:42 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/wU1UBQC5i08/crime-prediction-software-adopted-by-14-uk-police-forces
Crime Prediction Software 'Adopted By 14 UK Police Forces'
At least 14 UK police forces have made use of crime-prediction software or plan to do so, according to Liberty. From a report: The human rights group said [PDF] it had sent a total of 90 Freedom of Information requests out last year to discover which forces used the technology. It believes the programs involved can lead to biased policing strategies that unfairly focus on ethnic minorities and lower-income communities. And it said there had been a "severe lack of transparency" about the matter. Defenders of the technology say it can provide new insights into gun and knife crime, sex trafficking and other potentially life-threatening offences at a time when police budgets are under pressure.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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