Politics & Government
The Ethical Dilemmas of Predictive Policing in Data-Driven Governance
Quick fact
Predictive policing algorithms are often trained on historical crime data, which reflects past enforcement patterns and therefore can encode racial and socioeconomic biases, leading to disproportionate targeting of already marginalized communities.
Why this is interesting
Your city's police department may soon predict the next criminal act before it happens—but who decides what data goes into that crystal ball?