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> the system was more likely to correctly identify men than women and it was “statistically significantly more likely to correctly identify black participants t
by ghusto 7mo ago
> the system was more likely to correctly identify men than women and it was “statistically significantly more likely to correctly identify black participants than participants from other ethnic groups”.
I am genuinely unsure what's going on.
My understanding of the article is that the system is problematic because it is more likely to correctly identify black people than "other ethnic groups". Is that right?
- defrost 7mo agoIt's problematic for use in Essex as it works best for a small minority of the Essex population and has a much higher error rate for a typical sample of the Essex community. Adendum: Essex Ethnicity breakdown- 85.1% White British · 5.2% Other White · 3.7% Asian · 2.5% Black · 2.4% Mixed · 1.1% Other · (2021). from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex ie: most accurate (however acccurate that is) for the men of 2.5% of the regions population Not so accurate for 98.75% of the regions population.
- OJFord 7mo agoEssentially (with made up numbers): 100 men on a high street, 4 of which are on a watch-list; 2 of which are black. Both black guys get identified, only one of the others does. Ditto men vs. women, mutatis mutandis.
- edgyquant 7mo agoSo it should be improved but sounds like it’s just catching criminals who need to be caught no?
- bondarchuk 7mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_enforcement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_enforcement
- ap99 7mo ago[flagged]
- text0404 7mo agoAs a case study, the Trump admin has done all those things (except the littering I guess) so I would say less likely since none of them have gone to prison. The poor and marginalized tend to be incarcerated at much higher rates for lesser crimes than the richer and/or powerful whose crimes are much broader and more impactful on society. The system in question in Essex is broken because it penalizes one race at higher rates than another race which commits the same crimes.
- edgyquant 7mo agoRight so the answer is to improve enforcement not disable it and let more crime go unsanswred
- graemep 7mo agoThe problem is that a likely outcome is that they will arrest two white men who are not the ones on the white list. That is discriminatory, at least if it keeps happening so that you get a higher rate of wrongful arrests of one group.