Algorithmic tyranny: <i>Psycho-Pass</i>, science fiction and the criminological imagination

Wood, Mark A.

doi:10.1177/1741659018774609

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“…The mass datafication of human identities means governments can more readily define or constitute people as dividuals (Deleuze, 1992) -codable and divisible aspects of a person's identity (see Smith, 2012 -rather than as singular individuals (see Cheney-Lippold, 2017;Wood, 2019). Data associated with dividuals is considered to reassemble or mirror humanity through quantifiable formulae (Arrigo et al, 2022: 2).…”

Section: The Technology: Predictive Policing Algorithmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysing the multiple dimensions of predictive policing’s techno-social harms

Wood

Warren

2022

Justice, Power and Resistance

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This paper outlines and applies a framework for analysing how technologies can contribute to social harms at individual, institutional, and societal levels. This framework – which we term the technology-harm relations approach – synthesises the insights of postphenomenology and critical realism to detail how harms can emerge from direct human-technology relations (first-order harm relations), as well as the results of the results of human-technology relations (second-order harm relations). To apply this framework, we explore how, through first- and second-order harm relations, predictive policing algorithms might magnify harm through conventional law enforcement activity. We explain how first- and second-order harm relations are by-products of a system that currently generates harm through false ideals of objective, neutral, and non-discretionary enforcement, and that aims to promote consistency while at the same time eroding accountability for decisions utilising automated processes.

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Section: The Technology: Predictive Policing Algorithmsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Analysing the multiple dimensions of predictive policing’s techno-social harms

Wood

Warren

2022

Justice, Power and Resistance

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“…An increased awareness around gun safety has led to questions about the design of firearms, and the quality and availability of training in their safety and use (Paradis and Hendrick, 2001;Reid, 2022), leading to a novel suppositionwhether an alternative to the traditional firearm, one powered by modern technology, could tackle some of policing's historical failings. Algorithm-driven firearms have been a staple of cyberpunk media from its inception (Wood, 2019), and the genre's popularity can only drive innovation in the real world.…”

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Going cyberpunk: Conceptualizing the smart(er) artificially intelligent firearm for policing's Utopian future

Chowdhury

2023

International Journal of Police Science & Management

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As policing develops into a more professional, evidence-driven and technical endeavour, heightened public concern regarding organizational competence and police culture-related fallacies have become augmented, especially in the case of officer-involved shootings. Introduction of body-worn cameras, increased CCTV coverage, vehicle dashcams and the advent of social media, have provided avenues for investigation into misconduct, but institutional and individual failings such as racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination remain a concern. Technical innovations like smart guns, smart targeting and programmable projectiles have instigated conversations about traditional firearms and whether alternatives using cutting-edge technology could address some of these shortcomings. This article examines existing policing technologies, providing an overview of advanced computational and sensor systems, the risks and dangers of these mechanisms, as well as their potential benefits and drawbacks. It conceptualizes whether existing technologies can be transformed into a smarter, more efficient firearm, powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The premise of the AI-assisted firearm being the promise of a future in which unwanted outcomes in officer/citizen encounters can be counteracted through AI assisting in better decision-making. The article considers hardware and software, policy issues, associated risks and potential advantages of the firearms system, providing a wider perspective on the increasing use of computational technologies in policing practice, and highlighting areas for further research and discussion.

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“…Criminological studies in the literature related to segmentation of war crimes (Ruggiero, 2018), crime and justice (Wilson, 2014), white-collar crime (Ahmadi, 2019a), crime with violence and sadism behavior (Alshiban, 2012), police and context crime sciencefiction (Wood, 2019), literature and learning criminology (Pérez, Linde, Molas-Castells, & Fuertes-Alpiste, 2019;Bowman, 2009;Engel, 2003;Frauley, 2010), author and criminology (Burney, 2012). Among these criminological and literary studies, no researcher from Indonesia has linked criminal psychology and literature.…”

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Study of Criminal Psychology in Indonesian Literature

Ahmadi¹

2022

Int. J. Criminol. Sociol.

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This criminal psychology research aims to explore the criminal behavior contained in modern Indonesian literature. This is based on the fact that literature is considered as a creative work that represents elements of criminal behavior that can be viewed from the perspective of criminal psychology. The research method used was qualitative by referring to the interpretation of the text in depth. The data used in the study were literary texts which represent criminal behavior. Data analysis techniques were carried out through the stages of identification, classification, reduction, analysis, exposure, and verification. The result showed that criminal behavior in Indonesian literature is related to corruption, sexual crime, and transnational crime.

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Algorithmic tyranny: Psycho-Pass, science fiction and the criminological imagination

Cited by 12 publications

References 60 publications

Analysing the multiple dimensions of predictive policing’s techno-social harms

Analysing the multiple dimensions of predictive policing’s techno-social harms

Going cyberpunk: Conceptualizing the smart(er) artificially intelligent firearm for policing's Utopian future

Study of Criminal Psychology in Indonesian Literature

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