Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f...
by manfredo on Friday June 26, 2020 @11:27PM
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I think you missed it the central point of the parent commenter. Take for instance, the fact that men commit the overwhelming majority of violent crime:
* Is it sexist to conclude that someone is a violent criminal just because they're a man? Yes.
* Is it sexist to say that a model predicting that men will commit 90% of violent crime isn't biased, with the reasoning that men on average commit way more violence than women? No.
* Is it sexist to conclude that someone is a violent criminal just because they're a man? Yes.
* Is it sexist to say that a model predicting that men will commit 90% of violent crime isn't biased, with the reasoning that men on average commit way more violence than women? No.