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> Are the LEOs getting bonuses for raw number-of-arrests? There may be a subconscious bias here... if you spend your entire year looking at murder suspects, yo
by WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
> Are the LEOs getting bonuses for raw number-of-arrests?
There may be a subconscious bias here... if you spend your entire year looking at murder suspects, you probably see the guy on the other side as just another scumbag... and probably want to make sure the victim gets justice (even if it's wrong)
- teddyh 6y agoWhen LEOs manage to get a conviction, they now have irrefutable proof (a conviction in a court of law) that they were right in the first place to make sure that scumbag was convicted. It’s a self-perpetuating cycle of increasing prejudice.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoIt's real interesting going through forensics courses and working with computer forensics professionals and seeing the opposite. Since you're not briefed on the crime and only given a list of tasks to perform (ie, locate pictures of a vehicle), there might be less of a bias here.