Tag: Research

Patrol officer activity by single- versus double-crewed status: The call-related output of one-officer and two-officer patrol units – ScienceDirect

Highlights
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Patrol officers work in either single-crewed (i.e., one-officer) or double-crewed (i.e., two-officer) units.
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We use electronic police records from the Oakland Police Department to assess the call-related output of patrol units.
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The call-related output of single- and double-crewed units appears generally more similar than different.
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It is possible that double-crewed units may handle more serious calls for service than single-crewed units.
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Scholars and practitioners should continue to assess the implications of crewed status for patrol deployment.
— Read on www.sciencedirect.com/science/ article/pii/S0047235224000977

At the time of this post the article was open access.

UK: Police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with crime predicting tech – new report

Amnesty’s new report ‘Automated Racism’ reveals dangerous discrimination in police prediction tools Almost three-quarters of police forces attempt to predict crime by racially profiling communities across the UK
— Read on www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-police-forces-supercharging-racism-crime-predicting-tech-new-report

The Public Health Risk of Police Violence and Pediatric Responsibility w/ Dr Jeffrey Eugene & Dr George Dalembert | KPFA

The Public Health Risk of Police Violence and Pediatric Responsibility w/ Dr Jeffrey Eugene & Dr George Dalembert | KPFA
— Read on kpfa.org/area941/episode/the-public-health-risk-of-police-violence-and-pediatric-responsibility-w-dr-jeffrey-eugene-dr-george-dalembert/

Policing and artificial intelligence – The Police Foundation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the work of the police. This report looks at how AI is currently being used by UK policing and explores some of the ways it might be used in the future.

The report, produced in partnership with Forensic Analytics Ltd, identifies eight challenges for the more widespread use of AI for policing purposes. It makes a number of recommendations for policymakers and police leaders intended to help policing make the most of the AI revolution, while maintaining public trust and confidence and protecting rights and freedoms.
— Read on www.police-foundation.org.uk/publication/policing-and-artificial-intelligence/

The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Checkout this article. It sounds interesting. Is there a benefit to lying???

The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? – Volume 119 Issue 1
— Read on www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-misinformation-to-evade-accountability/687FEE54DBD7ED0C96D72B26606AA073

A Matter of Life: The Scope and Impact of Life and Long Term Imprisonment in the United States – The Sentencing Project

Overview

In the United States, the federal government and every state enforces sentencing laws that incarcerate people for lengths that will exceed, or likely exceed, the span of a person’s natural life. In 2024, almost 200,000 people, or one in six people in prison, were serving life sentences.1 The criminal legal system’s dependence on life sentences disregards research showing that extreme sentences are not an effective public safety solution.

This report represents The Sentencing Project’s sixth national census of people serving life sentences, which includes life with the possibility of parole; life without the possibility of parole; and virtual life sentences (sentences reaching 50 years or longer). The report finds more people were serving life without parole (LWOP) in 2024 than ever before: 56,245 people were serving this “death by incarceration” sentence, a 68% increase since 2003. While the total number of people serving life sentences decreased 4% from 2020 to 2024, this decline trails the 13% downsizing of the total prison population. Moreover, nearly half the states had more people serving a life sentence in 2024 than in 2020.
— Read on www.sentencingproject.org/reports/a-matter-of-life-the-scope-and-impact-of-life-and-long-term-imprisonment-in-the-united-states/