Algorithmic crime prevention. From abstract police to precision policing

The growing digitisation in our society also affects policing, which tends to make use of increasingly refined algorithmic tools based on abstract technologies. But the abstraction of technology, we argue, does not necessarily entail an increase in abstraction of police work. This paper contrasts th...

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Authors: Egbert, Simon (Author) ; Esposito, Elena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Policing and society
Year: 2024, Volume: 34, Issue: 6, Pages: 521–534
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
precision policing
Crime Prevention
Predictive Policing
Abstract police

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