RT Article
T1 Safety, privacy, or both: evaluating citizens’ perspectives around artificial intelligence use by police forces
JF Policing and society
VO 33
IS 7
SP 861
OP 876
A1 Ezzeddine, Yasmine
A2 Bayerl, Petra Saskia 1975-
A2 Gibson, Helen
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853375098
AB Police forces are increasing their use of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for security purposes. However, citizens are often aware and cautious about advanced policing capabilities which can impact negatively on the perceived legitimacy of policing efforts and police more generally. This study explores citizens’ subjective perspectives to police use by AI, including tensions between security, privacy, and resistance. Using Q methodology with 43 participants in the UK, Netherlands, and Germany we identified five distinct perspectives towards AI use by police forces. The five perspectives illustrate the complex, diverse viewpoints citizens exhibit with respect to AI use by police and highlight that citizens’ perspectives are more complex than often portrayed. Our findings offer theoretical and practical implications for public engagement around general versus personal safety, privacy and potentials for moral dilemmas and counter-reactions.
K1 Q methodology
K1 citizen reactions
K1 Privacy
K1 Safety
K1 Surveillance
K1 Artificial Intelligence
K1 Police
DO 10.1080/10439463.2023.2211813