Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f...
by danans on Friday June 26, 2020 @01:55PM
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> Are these neighborhoods “over policed” because their residents commit more crimes, or do the residents commit more crimes because their neighborhood is “over policed”?
Your question is flawed because it omits too many variables, including the racial differences in what is enforced as a crime, the endemic poverty and resulting tattered social fabric in high crime neighborhoods that pushes residents - especially younger ones - into situations where committing crime becomes an ever more "rational" choice.
Your question is flawed because it omits too many variables, including the racial differences in what is enforced as a crime, the endemic poverty and resulting tattered social fabric in high crime neighborhoods that pushes residents - especially younger ones - into situations where committing crime becomes an ever more "rational" choice.