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UK Police Going Full Minority Report, Building ‘Murder Prediction’ Tool. The algorithm is designed to identify people most likely to become killers.
The algorithm is designed to identify people most likely to become killers.
The report, which cites documents acquired via Freedom of Information requests by transparency organization Statewatch, found that the Ministry of Justice was tasked with designing a profiling system that can flag people who seem capable of committing serious violent crimes before they actually do so. It also included details about a person’s mental health, addiction, self-harm, suicide, vulnerability, and disability—”health markers” that the MoJ claimed were “expected to have significant predictive power.” The Guardian reported that government officials denied the use of data of victims or vulnerable populations, and insisted that only data from people with at least one criminal conviction was used. A government review of the system found that among all offenders, actual reoffending was significantly below the predicted rate, especially for non-violent offenses.
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