| Project/Area Number |
20K20691
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Medium-sized Section 1:Philosophy, art, and related fields
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
MANTELLO Peter・A 立命館アジア太平洋大学, アジア太平洋学部, 教授 (10454977)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2020-07-30 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Keywords | surveillance / technology / criminality / policing / algorithm / computation / prediction / analytics / security / Terror / Predictive / Policing / Algorithm / Bias / Security / Computation / Big Data / predictive policing / precrime / posthoc |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project examines the emerging world of pre-crime and the various ways in which predictive policing technologies are reshaping the post-hoc traditions of the criminal justice system. The focus of preemptive law enforcement shifts from visual evidence taken directly from individuals to algorithmic projections of crimes yet to happen based on real time data streams & archival criminal meta-data of what others have done in the past.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
I completed a large percentage of my work packages such as mapping the ecology of predictive policing technologies in Europe, Japan, and North America. Finished surveying predictive policing technologies in border, national and cyber security. Performed on archival visits to libraries in Europe and Canada. I concluded initial investigation of risks of malicious use of large language models being used by criminal organizations. I have also conducted a series of follow up interviews with Interpol Thailand as well as started a new working and ongoing series of interviews with several media spokespersons of NATO from Greece.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
The research is now starting to progress smoothly, after initial delays caused by COVID restrictions. These disruptions curtailed many aspects of my research project including interviews with prominent/key stakeholders in Europe, the United States, and Canada, archival research at some key libraries which were closed because of COVID (especially, in the United States) and other organizations such as NGOs, civil liberty organizations, and privacy groups. Luckily, COVID is no longer an issue and thus, my research work is moving forward without further delay.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
My plans are to complete the rest of my work packages including workshops with ordinary citizens in US, Europe and Japan to gauge their perceptions, attitudes, and beliefs about the prospects of predictive policing becoming a new normal in modern-day society. I also intend to conduct follow up interviews with law enforcement agents and spokespersons. Moreover, because of the meteoric rise and development of chatbots, I will visit some start-ups and legacy companies in the United States, Canada and Germany. Finally, besides publishing my efforts I intend to disseminate my research at conferences, workshops and guest lectures in the US, Canada and Europe.
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