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Public attitudes towards the use of automatic facial recognition technology in criminal justice systems around the world
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258241 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2021.
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Abstract
- Automatic facial recognition technology (AFR) is increasingly used in criminal justice systems around the world, yet to date there has not been an international survey of public attitudes toward its use. In Study 1, we ran focus groups in the UK, Australia and China (countries at different stages of adopting AFR) and in Study 2 we collected data from over 3,000 participants in the UK, Australia and the USA using a questionnaire investigating attitudes towards AFR use in criminal justice systems. Our results showed that although overall participants were aligned in their attitudes and reasoning behind them, there were some key differences across countries. People in the USA were more accepting of tracking citizens, more accepting of private companies’ use of AFR, and less trusting of the police using AFR than people in the UK and Australia. Our results showed that support for the use of AFR depends greatly on what the technology is used for and who it is used by. We recommend vendors and users do more to explain AFR use, including details around accuracy and data protection. We also recommend that governments should set legal boundaries around the use of AFR in investigative and criminal justice settings.
- Subjects :
- Questionnaires
Male
Automated Facial Recognition
Face (sociological concept)
Social Sciences
Criminology
Facial recognition system
Geographical Locations
C810 Applied Psychology
Cognition
Learning and Memory
Law Enforcement
Sociology
Psychological Attitudes
Criminal Law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine and Health Sciences
Data Protection Act 1998
Psychology
Aged, 80 and over
Multidisciplinary
Applied Mathematics
Simulation and Modeling
Public relations
Middle Aged
Police
Professions
Research Design
Physical Sciences
Medicine
Female
Crime
Anatomy
Algorithms
Criminal justice
Research Article
Adult
Adolescent
Science
Oceania
Research and Analysis Methods
Trust
Face Recognition
Young Adult
Memory
Political science
Humans
Set (psychology)
China
Aged
Survey Research
business.industry
Cognitive Psychology
Australia
Biology and Life Sciences
C800 Psychology
Focus group
Attitude
Face
Public Opinion
People and Places
Cognitive Science
Perception
Law and Legal Sciences
Population Groupings
Tracking (education)
business
Head
Criminal Justice System
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....13625f29f88b401f27c289f1c7681e57