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Spark Talk: Using Multinomial Logistic Regression to identify bias in Predictive Policing Algorithms by Andrea Daviera (Nov 17, 2023)
					
 Nov 17, 2023 
 10:30PM to 11:30PM

									

				

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	Date(s) - 17/11/2023
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm















Description: Predictive policing is a tool used increasingly by law enforcement agencies around the world, but legal scholars, critics, and community activists have argued that such technologies are inherently racist. Using a Critical Race Theory framework, geocoding techniques, and multinomial logistic regression, the present study assessed the racialization of risk in a predictive policing program. The findings demonstrate empirical evidence of racial bias in the dataset and call for the obsoletion of these tools broadly. 


Bio: Andrea is a doctoral candidate in community and applied developmental psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. Her research has two main areas inquiry, 1) documenting systemic inequities produced by the criminal legal system and 2) understanding and bolstering anti-racist community organizing.