How can policing co-develop useful predictive models with public debate and consent?
Background
"Analytics is the ability to synthesise information to draw insights that can lead to actionable decisions, often in combination with other information and at scale.
We recognise that policing’s increasing use of analytics, including in areas such as risk assessment, come with an obligation to ensure the public understand what we are doing and consent to it. To achieve this requires deriving better answers to a set of questions that afford the public transparency and voice. We identify this as a separate ARI because it is central to our overarching ambition to build public confidence and because we believe research is needed to develop best practice."
Next steps
"We welcome your engagement with our ARIs in the following ways:
• If you have evidence that completely or partly supports or answers one of our ARIs, we invite you to share that with us. For any ongoing research relevant to policing and crime reduction, we encourage you to register your research on the College of Policing’s research projects map, which has been designed to promote collaboration and support requests for participants.
• If you are, or plan to be, carrying out research that relates to one of our ARIs, we’d like to hear about it. While we cannot respond to speculative approaches for research funding, we will where possible act to support your ambitions, including finding you policing partners where possible.
• If you are submitting a funding or grant application that aligns with one of our ARIs, we hope that referencing policing’s ARIs will help to strengthen your case for the possible public impact of the research.
• We will use the ARI document to structure our academic engagement, prioritise events and build new connections with external partners. We will be using our ARIs in our engagement with UKRI, and we will publish any opportunities for funding via our website https://science.police.uk/
Please send any correspondence and questions to [email protected], including ‘ARI’ in the subject heading."
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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A Research Network to Explore the Use and Regulation of Predictive Analytics in Policing
Advances in big data, information processing technology, and artificial intelligence are purported to confer immense benefits to law enforcement agencies when investigating crimes and administering criminal justice, incl...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
Why might this be relevant?
The project explores the use and regulation of predictive analytics in policing, addressing the need for public transparency and consent.
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Policing Academic Centre of Excellence
Context & challenge: The Scottish Policing Academic Centre of Excellence (SPACE) brings together interdisciplinary academic expertise in three key substantive themes: Safety, Prevention, and Analytics; underpin...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Edinburgh Napier University
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on developing new approaches in analytics to inspire confidence and meet ethical standards in policing.
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NCJL Academic Lead
Across policing and the Home Office there are critical questions that need answering in order to improve criminal justice outcomes. The information exists to answer many of these questions but is hidden within large data...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Leicester
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to maximize the potential of data within policing and government to support a data-driven approach, which aligns with the goal of developing predictive models with public debate and consent.