Why big-data analysis of police activity is inherently biased

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The Chicago police will use data and computer analysis to identify neighborhoods that are more likely to experience violent crime, assigning additional police patrols in those areas. In addition, the software will identify individual people who are expected to become – but have yet to be – victims or perpetrators of violent crimes. Officers may even be assigned to visit those people to warn them against committing a violent crime.

http://theconversation.com/why-big-data-analysis-of-police-activity-is-inherently-biased-72640

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