RT Article
T1 Producing criminality: The expanding power of crime analysts
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 80
IS 4
SP 397
OP 417
A1 Ballucci, Dale
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1862671842
AB Crime analysts play a central role in producing and justifying reasonable suspicions of future criminality. Despite the governing power of these agents, little is known about how they use data to determine risk. My investigation examines the local decision-making practices of crime analysts in producing the Prolific Offender List. Using interview data from analysts in a Canadian jurisdiction, I detail and problematize the production of the 'prolific offender.' I demonstrate the limitations of police databases and how crime analysts account for these limitations using their professional judgment.
K1 Crime analysis
K1 Data-driven decision-making
K1 Discretion
K1 Local police data
K1 Prolific offenders
DO 10.1007/s10611-023-10094-x