In the famous film by Steven Spielberg, in which the main role was played by Tom Cruise, the main character, John Anderton chased the guilty before they commit a crime. Evidence of would -be crimes was provided by three clairvoyants at the services of the prevention agency of the Department of Justice. The Great Britain’s government probably goes with this trail and wants to create a program for “predicting murders”.
“Murder prediction” program
According to Euronews, the British government is investigating the possibility of developing a program that will use police and government data To determine the probability that someone will kill.
The topic was publicized by the British charity organization dealing with civic rights and human rights, which collected information about the project under several applications for public information.
According to Statewatch information obtained from the Ministry of Justice of Great Britain, the program Homicide Prediction Project This test aimed at “Review of the characteristics of criminals that increase the risk of murder “ and “examining the possibilities” of various data sets from the Police National Computer and Police in Manchester In order to assess the risk of committing killingsand.
As part of the project, the Ministry of Justice reviews the personal data of criminals who had at least one conviction before January 1, 2015 in terms of data on:
- criminal history,
- assessments carried out by court curators regarding motivation,
- needs and risk,
- incident data,
- Alerts and information about prisoners.
Deeply wrong actions
Sofia Lyall, from Statewatch, believes that Creating automated tools for profiling people as brutal criminals is deeply wrong.
“Using such sensitive data about mental health, addiction and disability is highly invasive and disturbing” – added Lyall, who asked the Minister of Justice for” immediate suspension “of work on this project.
Meanwhile, the ministry in the provided public information tries to calm the organization, ensuring that the project is only researching, and no assessments will affect any court results.
Source: Euronews
