Chicago's 'Predictive Policing' List Isn't Preventing Violence [CityLab.com]
Since 2013, Chicago police have been attempting to identify individuals most likely to experience or perpetuate gun violence. The program, known as the Strategic Subjects List , is supposed to help prevent shootings. But it has raised controversy : Its prediction analysis is based, in part, on identifying people who have been arrested for any crime with anyone who has since become a homicide victim. This selection criterion means that people could be placed on the list even if police have...