Emerging 9b – Wi-Phi

2. For predictive-policing technology to deliver fair and reliable predictions of the locations where greater police presence would most improve public safety and security, the historical crime data on which these predictions are based must themselves be objective records of information, unshaped by subjective bias. If (as many believe) these crime records have been shaped by human bias, which of the following historical biases is LEAST likely to have directly contributed to this problem?

Biases affecting which types of action were defined as crimes rather than as legally acceptable activities

Biases affecting which types of crimes were considered most important to solve, and therefore which kinds of suspects were most likely to get arrested and prosecuted

Biases affecting which kinds of criminal defendants were most likely to be found guilty by juries and judges

Biases affecting which crimes were classified as capital crimes, punishable by death

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