Thu 31 Dec 2015
ShotSpotter
Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Jennifer Doleac '03 at 6:52 am
Interesting new research (pdf) from Jennifer Doleac ’03.
Criminal activity is often selectively underreported, which can make it difficult to understand public safety problems and devise effective policy strategies to address them. However, new surveillance technologies are facilitating the collection of more accurate data on crime. In this paper, we describe data on gunfire incidents, recorded using a tool called ShotSpotter.
Read the whole thing.


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anon says:
I put ShotSpotter on my roof in Pownal and OH MY GOD!
The crime rate in Vermont is 10593.68 because of all the unreported “gunfire incidents”.
December 31st, 2015 at 11:34 am