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- Title
Predictions put into practice: a quasi-experimental evaluation of Chicago's predictive policing pilot.
- Authors
Saunders, Jessica; Hunt, Priscillia; Hollywood, John
- Abstract
Objectives: In 2013, the Chicago Police Department conducted a pilot of a predictive policing program designed to reduce gun violence. The program included development of a Strategic Subjects List (SSL) of people estimated to be at highest risk of gun violence who were then referred to local police commanders for a preventive intervention. The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of the pilot on individual- and city-level gun violence, and to test possible drivers of results. Methods: The SSL consisted of 426 people estimated to be at highest risk of gun violence. We used ARIMA models to estimate impacts on city-level homicide trends, and propensity score matching to estimate the effects of being placed on the list on five measures related to gun violence. A mediation analysis and interviews with police leadership and COMPSTAT meeting observations help understand what is driving results. Results: Individuals on the SSL are not more or less likely to become a victim of a homicide or shooting than the comparison group, and this is further supported by city-level analysis. The treated group is more likely to be arrested for a shooting. Conclusions: It is not clear how the predictions should be used in the field. One potential reason why being placed on the list resulted in an increased chance of being arrested for a shooting is that some officers may have used the list as leads to closing shooting cases. The results provide for a discussion about the future of individual-based predictive policing programs.
- Subjects
PREDICTIVE policing; REGULATORY crime; RISK assessment; TIME series analysis; SHOOTINGS (Crime)
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Criminology, 2016, Vol 12, Issue 3, p347
- ISSN
1573-3750
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11292-016-9272-0