http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/09/nyc-police-and-racial-animus/ The Future is Here Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:26:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/09/nyc-police-and-racial-animus/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Lester Spence Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:27:15 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/09/nyc-police-and-racial-animus/#comment-401 there's some research that i've heard of, probably through prometheus6 that shows that implicit biases CAN be reduced. and i think the IAT is probably not reliable enough to remove officers, but it is likely reliable enough to screen candidates at the early stages. there’s some research that i’ve heard of, probably through prometheus6 that shows that implicit biases CAN be reduced. and i think the IAT is probably not reliable enough to remove officers, but it is likely reliable enough to screen candidates at the early stages.

]]> http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/09/nyc-police-and-racial-animus/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Dumi Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:07:08 +0000 http://blacksmythe.com/blog/2006/12/09/nyc-police-and-racial-animus/#comment-400 Nice piece, way to bring in the IAT. Do you think the IAT is reliable enough to be used as a metric of "removing" officers? And are you aware of trainings that can reduce implicit biases? Nice piece, way to bring in the IAT. Do you think the IAT is reliable enough to be used as a metric of “removing” officers? And are you aware of trainings that can reduce implicit biases?

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