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A photo shows a video surveillance camera in focus. A person in a light blue sweater is walking down a street in the background.
Closing Argument June 7
How AI-Powered Police Forces Watch Your Every Move
Artificial intelligence is changing how police investigate crimes — and monitor citizens — as regulators struggle to keep pace.
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A grid of illustrations representing eight different surveillance technologies. In the top row, from the left, there is an illustration of a figure walking, overlaid with yellow tracking lines; a surveillance camera, an arm with a tattoo highlighted by a yellow box; and a police vehicle with an antenna attached to a panel. The second row, from the left, shows an illustration of a location pin inside a ring of cell phones; a laptop with a fishing pole coming out of it with an icon of a person on the hook; the Instagram logo of a camera icon within a closeup of an eye, and a solar panel on a pole with a surveillance camera with a spotlight on a car. The color scheme of the illustration primarily includes blue and yellow tones with a black gradient.
Analysis November 12, 2024
The High-Tech Tools Police Can Use to Surveil Protesters
When Americans take to the streets to make their voices heard, they’re inevitably dragging their digital trails right along behind them.
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An illustration shows a scene of protesters walking through a city, near other people who are not protesting. Around them are surveillance cameras, a drone and a police vehicle with an antenna. Two protesters in the foreground are wearing medical masks, one protester has a tattoo and another is holding a phone in her hand. The color scheme of the illustration features blue tones. Yellow boxes and lines highlight different ways a person can be surveilled.
Analysis November 12, 2024
The Real Problem With Banning Masks at Protests
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops’ high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
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Cleveland March 21, 2024
Cleveland Promised Oversight of Police Surveillance. The Work Hasn’t Been Done.
In 2022, Mayor Bibb pledged to form a panel to address concerns over cameras and high-tech tools. It’s finally set to happen.
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A new study in the journal Language found that witnesses who speak in cultural or regional dialects are more likely to be misunderstood in the courts.
Justice Lab February 14, 2019
In Court, Where Are Siri and Alexa?
When it comes to setting the record straight, court reporting technology is still not up to speed.
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Leroy Gardenhire uses a virtual reality headset at the Fremont Correctional Facility in Cañon City, Colo., to simulate doing laundry at a laundromat.
News July 17, 2018
A View of Tomorrow
With virtual reality, juvenile lifers practice for a world they may experience.
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Justice Lab May 24, 2018
Your Home is Your...Snitch?
When your appliances work as police informants.
By Daniel Zwerdling
Case in Point January 15, 2018
How Social Media Giants Side With Prosecutors in Criminal Cases
Why can’t the defense have access, too?
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Judge James Brady presides over the preliminary hearing for a defendant charged with first-degree felony murder in Provo, Utah, in August.
Commentary October 25, 2017
Debating Risk-Assessment Tools
Experts weigh in on whether algorithms have a place in our criminal justice system.
Elizabeth Glazer, Hannah Jane Sassaman, Jon Wool
Judge J.C. Nicholson speaks to prisoners in 2009 from the bench at the Anderson County Courthouse in South Carolina.
Commentary October 22, 2017
In Defense of Risk-Assessment Tools
Algorithms can help the criminal justice system, but only alongside thoughtful humans.
Adam Neufeld
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