The Met Police will start using data to predict which men will commit violence against women and girls, its most senior officer has said. In a move reminiscent of the Tom Cruise sci-fi film Minority Report, London's police officers will be able to track the tens of thousands of men in the capital who commit "abhorrent" crimes against women and girls. Speaking to the Exceptional Policing conference on Wednesday, Met commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said: "The Met is working to build a city-wide data picture of men who we know prey on and commit abhorrent crimes against women and girls across London which is more sophisticated than ever before. Sadly, we know it is many tens of thousands of men." "I want us to go further, to see if we can build a clearer picture of future risk, forecasting and interdicting men who will commit violent crimes against women or girls, based on previous behaviour as statistically-tested risk factors."Whilst I can't give you the full analysis today, I can tell you that the success rate of this approach is proving impressive. We're increasingly able to understand the likelihoods of who will commit some of society's most serious crimes, and use that to inform our thinking about prevention." Sir Mark, the UK's former counter-terrorism policing boss, said he wants the same techniques that he used to detect terrorists to catch alleged sex offenders. He told delegates: "What would the result be if you applied the data analytical approach used in counter terrorism to solve violence against women and girls? Police to predict which men will sexually assault women and girls - LBC Sounds interesting. Next they should predict which police officers will beat up/shoot unarmed people.
It sounds like they are using existing criminal record data to create this. Not sure what the problem is.
"a department that can look at young men that's looking at women that's looking at social media." - HW
Pasco County did even worse, with students, based on all types of irrelevant data. They were sued and say they stopped but many are skeptical What does it do, exactly? The predictive policing program places hundreds of students on a secret list, identifying those they believe are most likely to commit future crimes. Children are put on the list without any notice to parents and guardians, and once on, become subjects of persistent and intrusive monitoring. “For nearly two years, community organizations, local parents, advocates, and activists across Pasco County have tried to obtain basic answers about how predictive policing programs affect youth in their communities. Despite clear obligations under Florida law, the sheriff’s office has refused to provide this critical information,” LDF assistant counsel Alaizah Koorji said in a statement. This list is created using an “algorithmic risk assessment,” compiled by data provided by the Pasco County School District and the Florida Department of Children and Families that include histories of childhood trauma and school records, to determine students that should be added to the program. SPLC sues Pasco Sheriff for public records on predictive policing program
