Classification error and relative rates
Our latest big project on mugshots and race misclassification by the US law enforcement. It is currently going viral on X: You can start by reading the thread summary, or…
Heritability, race, and police bias: Kareem Carr’s blunder
This was given to me as an example, so let's cover it even though it's two years old. Archived. So let's try his idea out. Here's what I did (R…
Incompetent police
We have yet another high profile case of a police beating in the USA, so it seems useful to talk about why we can't have nice things. First, let's step…
Measurement error and behavioral genetics in criminology
I am watching Brian Boutwell's (Twitter, RG) talk at a recent conference and this got me thinking. https://youtu.be/yDm9bCgPKvs?list=PLD7ASfe52RybK4nYTZejG4-kQYqKI1rXX What are we measuring? As far as I know, there are typically…