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5 | = Blacks Counted as White in Crime Stats = | ||
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15.1 | 19 | = Texas Sex Offender Registry Race/Ethnicity Audit = |
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15.1 | 22 | == Overview == |
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15.1 | 24 | On **September 9, 2023**, Unbiased Crime Report (@UnbiasedCrime){{footnote}} https://x.com/UnbiasedCrime{{/footnote}} published an in-depth analysis of the Texas Department of Public Safety’s sex offender registry, focusing on race and ethnicity misclassifications. The thread examines a database of 101,976 registrants and highlights systemic data errors that misrepresent non-White offenders as White.{{footnote}} https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1700341490206310416{{/footnote}} |
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15.1 | 26 | == Data Collection == |
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28 | ~1. Downloaded the full Texas Sex Offender Registry: **101,976** entries. | ||
29 | 2. Queried the database to flag potential mismatches between surnames, self-reported race/ethnicity, and demographic patterns. | ||
30 | 3. Used custom scripts to compute initial accuracy metrics. | ||
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32 | == Key Findings == | ||
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34 | ~1. **Raw Misclassification Counts** | ||
35 | ~* Hispanics flagged as “Non-Hispanic White”: **11,541** | ||
36 | ~* Blacks flagged as White: **92** | ||
37 | ~* Asians flagged as White: **34** | ||
38 | ~* Whites flagged as Black: **1** | ||
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14.1 | 40 | 1. **Accuracy Metrics** |
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15.1 | 41 | 1*. Initial accuracy: **89.48 %**. |
42 | 1*. After manual verification: **92.27 %**. | ||
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14.1 | 43 | 1*. Remaining false positives to review: **2,590**. |
44 | 1. **Notable Examples** | ||
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15.1 | 45 | 1*. Clusters of “Hernandez” surnames incorrectly marked as White. |
46 | 1*. **Dequan**, a documented Black offender, listed as “Non-Hispanic White.” | ||
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14.1 | 47 | 1*. **Louby Innocent**, originally marked Black in Florida, appeared as White in Texas. |
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15.1 | 49 | == Methodology == |
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15.1 | 51 | ~1. Automated surname-based queries to generate candidate mismatches. |
52 | 2. Manual review of flagged entries by cross-referencing public DPS records. | ||
53 | 3. Iterative re-runs to refine the matching algorithm and reduce false positives. | ||
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56 | == Scope == | ||
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25.1 | 58 | This phenomena was not isolated to a single department. Most of the initial reporting was discovered in Texas {{footnote}}https://archive.ph/publicsite.dps.texas.gov{{/footnote}}, but later investigations were shown to exist in Florida{{footnote}} https://x.com/UnbiasedCrime/status/1707208951417454694{{/footnote}} and New York{{footnote}} https://x.com/UnbiasedCrime/status/1707208951417454694{{/footnote}}. The total number of incidents and number still uncorrected and number of additional incidents is not clear at this time, but as this was not a one off incident, it's safe to assume that this is as of now a still growing problem. This incident in Delaware is an example of the large scope of this recurring issue. |
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24.2 | 61 | == [[image:1751324958818-162.png||height="374" width="400"]] == |
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15.1 | 65 | == References == |
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11.1 | 80 | [[Sex offender statistics comparison before and after nonwhites were correctly switched to their respective races.>>image:comparison.png||alt="image1.jpg"]] |
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9.1 | 83 | //Figure 1: [[Comparison>>attach:1000000503.jpg]]// |
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21.1 | 85 | [[image:blacks_counted_as_white_Injustice__ethnicity__image__images__non-hispanic__race__texas__white_.jpg||alt="image2.jpg"]] |
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20.1 | 86 | //Figure 2: [[Archived Examples>>attach:blacks_counted_as_white_Injustice__ethnicity__image__images__non-hispanic__race__texas__white_.jpg]]// |
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