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= Blacks Counted as White in Crime Stats =

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= Texas Sex Offender Registry Race/Ethnicity Audit =

== Overview ==

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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== Data Collection ==

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~1. Downloaded the full Texas Sex Offender Registry: **101,976** entries.

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2. Queried the database to flag potential mismatches between surnames, self-reported race/ethnicity, and demographic patterns.

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3. Used custom scripts to compute initial accuracy metrics.

== Key Findings ==

~1. **Raw Misclassification Counts**

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~* Hispanics flagged as “Non-Hispanic White”: **11,541**

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~* Blacks flagged as White: **92**

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~* Asians flagged as White: **34**

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~* Whites flagged as Black: **1**

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1. **Accuracy Metrics**

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1*. Initial accuracy: **89.48 %**.

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1*. After manual verification: **92.27 %**.

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1*. Remaining false positives to review: **2,590**.

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1. **Notable Examples**

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1*. Clusters of “Hernandez” surnames incorrectly marked as White.

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1*. **Dequan**, a documented Black offender, listed as “Non-Hispanic White.”

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1*. **Louby Innocent**, originally marked Black in Florida, appeared as White in Texas.

== Methodology ==

~1. Automated surname-based queries to generate candidate mismatches.

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2. Manual review of flagged entries by cross-referencing public DPS records.

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3. Iterative re-runs to refine the matching algorithm and reduce false positives.

== Scope ==

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.

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== Impact and Next Steps ==

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~1. Archived original registry entries to preserve evidence before corrections.

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2. Planned release of a comprehensive spreadsheet with all verified entries and source links.

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3. Recommendation: Texas DPS should implement routine data audits to ensure accurate race/ethnicity reporting.

== References ==

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[[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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//Figure 1: [[Comparison>>attach:1000000503.jpg]]//

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[[image:blacks counted as white[Injustice_ ethnicity_ image_ images_ non-hispanic_ race_ texas_ white].jpg||alt="image2.jpg"]]

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//Figure 2: [[Archived Examples>>attach:blacks counted as white[Injustice_ ethnicity_ image_ images_ non-hispanic_ race_ texas_ white].jpg]]//

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