Predictive Policing and Artificial Intelligence

John McDaniel, Ken Pease (University College London, UK)

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English

Routledge
26 February 2021

Computer science

Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice

This edited text draws together the insights of numerous worldwide eminent academics to evaluate the condition of predictive policing and artificial intelligence (AI) as interlocked policy areas. Predictive and AI technologies are growing in prominence and at an unprecedented rate. Powerful digital crime mapping tools are being used to identify crime hotspots in real-time, as pattern-matching and search algorithms are sorting through huge police databases populated by growing volumes of data in an eff ort to identify people liable to experience (or commit) crime, places likely to host it, and variables associated with its solvability. Facial and vehicle recognition cameras are locating criminals as they move, while police services develop strategies informed by machine learning and other kinds of predictive analytics. Many of these innovations are features of modern policing in the UK, the US and Australia, among other jurisdictions.

AI promises to reduce unnecessary labour, speed up various forms of police work, encourage police forces to more efficiently apportion their resources, and enable police officers to prevent crime and protect people from a variety of future harms. However, the promises of predictive and AI technologies and innovations do not always match reality. They often have significant weaknesses, come at a considerable cost and require challenging trade- off s to be made. Focusing on the UK, the US and Australia, this book explores themes of choice architecture, decision- making, human rights, accountability and the rule of law, as well as future uses of AI and predictive technologies in various policing contexts. The text contributes to ongoing debates on the benefits and biases of predictive algorithms, big data sets, machine learning systems, and broader policing strategies and challenges.

Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students and scholars of policing, criminology, crime science, sociology, computer science, cognitive psychology and all those interested in the emergence of AI as a feature of contemporary policing.

Edited by: John McDaniel, Ken Pease (University College London, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367210984
ISBN 10: 0367210983
Series: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 26 February 2021
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1.The Future of AI in Policing: Exploring the sociotechnical imaginaries Part One: Bias and Big Data 2.Predictive Policing through Risk Assessment 3.Policing, AI and Choice Architecture 4.What Big Data in Health Care Can Teach Us About Predictive Policing 5.Artificial Intelligence and Online Extremism: Challenges and Opportunities 6.Predictive Policing and Criminal Law Part Two: Police Accountability and Human Rights 7.Accountability and indeterminacy in predictive policing 8.Machine learning predictive algorithms and the policing of future crimes: governance and oversight 9.'Algorithmic impropriety' in UK policing contexts: A developing narrative? 10.Big Data Policing: Governing the Machines? 11.Decision-Making: Using technology to enhance learning in police officers Conclusion

John L.M. McDaniel teaches and researches within the University of Wolverhampton Department of Social Science, Inclusion and Public Protection and is an active member of the University’s Law Research Centre. He focuses on issues of police accountability, corruption, human rights, and international cooperation and security. Ken G. Pease is a Professor in Policing at the University of Derby. He has written numerous books on policing, psychology and crime science.