Essays about: "policing"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 67 essays containing the word policing.

  1. 11. AI-based Automated Decision Making: An investigative study on how it impacts the rule of law and the case for regulatory safeguards

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Sean Stevens; [2022]
    Keywords : Artificial intelligence; automating governance; automated decision making; rule of law; transparency; accountability; profiling; predictive policing; surveillance capitalism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The development and expansion of artificial intelligence have significant potential to benefit humanity; however, the risks posed by AI-related tools have also become a growing concern over the past decade. From the standpoint of human rights violations AI-related bias, discriminatory practices, data protection practices and violations or potential infringements on fundamental rights are some of the core concerns revolving around this evolving technology. READ MORE

  2. 12. Technology and the Value of Trust : Can Society Trust AI?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Dominika Janus; [2022]
    Keywords : AI; trust; reliance;

    Abstract : Ensuring "public trust" in AI seems to be a priority for policymakers and the private sector. It is expected that without public trust, such innovations cannot be implemented with legitimacy, and there is a risk of potential public backlash or resistance (for example cases of Cambridge Analytica, predictive policing, or Clearview AI). READ MORE

  3. 13. Police violence and the state: The negotiation of the boundaries between legitimated and illegitimate police violence in the context of the gilets jaunes protests

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Merle Emrich; [2022]
    Keywords : police violence; protest movements; protest policing; gilets jaunes; loi anticasseurs; loi sécurité globale; France; Walter Benjamin; Hannah Arendt; discourse; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The French gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protest movement, sparked by a planned carbon fuel tax in 2018 is marked by numerous injuries and mutilations of protesters by police, and characterised by a shift towards a more confrontational protest policing strategy. Viewing protest policing and police violence as interlinked with political processes, this thesis explores the question of how the boundaries between sanctioned and unsanctioned police violence are (re-)negotiated in the intersections of law (enforcement) and politics in the specific context of the gilets jaunes movement. READ MORE

  4. 14. The ‘Lingonberry Police’ and the Privatization of Public Order : A Quantitative Analysis of Sweden’s Use of Private Guards in Public Spaces

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2022]
    Keywords : policing; private policing; outsourcing; privatization; New Public Management; ordningsvakt; polisen; privatisering;

    Abstract : This thesis evaluates the effects of the Swedish ordningsvakt system with regards to its contribution to public safety. Building on a body of critical research regarding the effects of outsourcing of public services and police forces in particular, it develops an insight into the driving factors and underlying causes of the expanding use of ordningsvakter. READ MORE

  5. 15. Challenges of Community Policing and Community Safety in the slum Community of Westpoint. District Number 7, Monsterrado County, Liberia : None

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Grace Akose Badu; [2022]
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    Abstract : Background: Police are most at risk, and so are the residents due to the vulnerability in the slum community of WestPoint. Despite the efforts of the government to improve community living standards by encouraging the role of Community policing in crime prevention, there is instead an increase in the crime rate and insecurity in the neighborhoods. READ MORE