Essays about: "private policing"

Found 4 essays containing the words private policing.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. 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. 4. The Molly Maguires and the Detectives. : An analysis of the relationship between the use of undercover policingand violent labor conflict.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Constantin Torve; [2021]
    Keywords : Molly Maguires; Pinkertons; criminological history; labor unions; policing; Irish diaspora; migration; Pennsylvania;

    Abstract : This paper evaluates the role of private policing in the patterns of violence that were prevalent in the mining regions of eastern Pennsylvania during the 1860s and 1870s, and which were attributed to an Irish secret society called the “Molly Maguires”. This topic has long been subject to academic and political controversy, and the use of agent provocateur tactics by the Pinkerton agency has been strongly suggested, but never conclusively proven. READ MORE