Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies - University of Toronto

We Need to Talk About the Jail to Homelessness Pipeline

We Need to Talk About the Jail to Homelessness Pipeline The barriers formerly incarcerated people face are creating a housing crisis—and no one is paying attention.

I went from prison to professor – here's why criminal records should not be used to keep people out of college https://t.co/0ig1J9mfze via

I went from prison to professor – here's why criminal records should not be used to keep people out of college Stanley Andrisse was once branded a career criminal and served time in prison. Today, he is a professor at two medical schools and an advocate for higher education for those who've served time.

Analyzing and Preventing Unconscious Bias in Machine Learning https://t.co/XNmy3f4zUK via

Analyzing and Preventing Unconscious Bias in Machine Learning This article is based on Rachel Thomas’s keynote presentation, “Analyzing & Preventing Unconscious Bias in Machine Learning” at QCon.ai 2018. Rachel talks about the pitfalls and risk the bias in machine learning brings to the decision-making process. She discusses three use cases of machine le...

LAPD Officials Promise Review of Tech-Based Policing Methods - https://t.co/15ClCWdwbq

LAPD Officials Promise Review of Tech-Based Policing Methods After months of pressure from police accountability advocates, the Los Angeles Police Department will review its use of data and technology-driven policing methods.

LAPD Chief Moore: hostages killed in crossfire, body camera videos, predictive policing and more https://t.co/LKSZBmaQuU via

LAPD Chief Moore: hostages killed in crossfire, body camera videos, predictive policing and more Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore joins Larry Mantle for first monthly check-in on AirTalk.

A Dangerous Brain https://t.co/OB4E6wkbjW via

A Dangerous Brain Can neuroscience predict how likely someone is to commit another crime?

Finding Shooters Before They Shoot Again https://t.co/S8sSktISk7 via

Finding Shooters Before They Shoot Again A crime lab in the San Francisco Bay area has made an impressive dent in gun violence by helping local cops swiftly identify weapons used in crime through the 20-year-old National Integrated Ballistic Information Network. So why aren’t other police departments taking advantage of the network?

Globe editorial: Experimenting with body cameras, police should proceed with caution /via

Globe editorial: Experimenting with body cameras, police should proceed with caution With the right standards in place, body cameras can bolster the administration of justice – but the form of surveillance itself requires a watchful eye

Trial of Aylmer journalists puts spotlight on how police view media

Trial of Aylmer journalists puts spotlight on how police view media It’s a crime scene. There’s sensitive evidence to be processed. They were trespassing. No one but emergency personnel allowed.

Eleven prison staff fired, suspended or quit as Edmonton Institution conducts misconduct investigation

Eleven prison staff fired, suspended or quit as Edmonton Institution conducts misconduct investigation Eleven staffers have been fired, suspended or have left voluntarily from Edmonton’s maximum security men’s prison as a workplace abuse investigation nears its first year.Correctional Se…

The risk of homelessness is 10 times higher for people who have been to prison. This is a housing and public safety crisis: https://t.co/tpBiW0Hgiq via

Nowhere to Go: Homelessness among formerly incarcerated people Report calculating homelessness among formerly incarcerated people by race and gender.

Hackers Can Edit Police Body Cam Footage Without Anybody Noticing https://t.co/6ANSAwyG2R via

Hackers Can Edit Police Body Cam Footage Without Anybody Noticing Police body camera footage is touted as objective and transparent by law enforcement agencies, but a security researcher demonstrated how easy it is to manipulate and access body camera footage.