crime Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/crime/ A platform for change Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:17:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Statistics show that trans-inclusive policies don’t increase crimes against cisgender women and girls https://flux.community/henry-f-fradella-and-alexis-rowland/2023/06/trans-people-are-significantly-more-likely-to-be-victimized-in-sex-segregated-spaces-than-cisgender-people/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 08:08:49 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13676 It has been seven years since North Carolina made headlines for enacting a “bathroom bill” – legislation intended to prevent transgender people from using restrooms that align with their gender identity. After boycotts threatened to cost the state more than US$3.7 billion, legislators repealed the law in 2017. Since then, however, religious and political conservatives have successfully spread an anti-trans moral panic, or irrational fear, […]

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]]> The media hype around crime pushes the country further Right https://flux.community/ari-paul/2023/05/the-media-hype-around-crime-pushes-the-country-further-right/ Fri, 05 May 2023 21:15:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=13390 In a victory for proponents of mass incarceration, Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a budget deal that would include toughening up the state’s bail laws. It would, as the New York Times (4/27/23) described in muted detail, “for the first time allow judges to set bail with public safety in mind.” It’s a major rollback […]

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]]> Using facial recognition AI for policing is phrenology with computers https://flux.community/sally-davies/2021/06/phrenology-any-other-name-or-method-still-phrenology/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:39:03 +0000 https://flux.community/2021/06/phrenology-any-other-name-or-method-still-phrenology/ The post Using facial recognition AI for policing is phrenology with computers appeared first on Flux.

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