Predictive policing assigns suspicion before actions occur. This may erode community trust and fairness while embedding unexamined algorithmic influence into everyday law enforcement practice.
Predictive policing systems take whatever history they are given and turn it into ongoing judgment, which means people end up carrying labels they never consented to or even knew existed.
Predictive policing often shows how difficult it becomes to challenge a classification once it enters an official system. Even when individuals are unaware of being categorised, the effects can follow them in subtle ways such as increased interactions with law enforcement or assumptions about their activities. People rarely see the process that places them into these categories, yet the categories influence decisions around them. Noticing this pattern across different systems encourages a more thoughtful approach to technology.
Predictive systems often repeat old patterns and create new forms of "bias" scrutiny that people never agreed to carry.
Predictive policing systems take whatever history they are given and turn it into ongoing judgment, which means people end up carrying labels they never consented to or even knew existed.
Predictive policing often shows how difficult it becomes to challenge a classification once it enters an official system. Even when individuals are unaware of being categorised, the effects can follow them in subtle ways such as increased interactions with law enforcement or assumptions about their activities. People rarely see the process that places them into these categories, yet the categories influence decisions around them. Noticing this pattern across different systems encourages a more thoughtful approach to technology.
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