The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Improving Criminal Justice System: Indian Perspective

Abstract

The increasing cyber-attacks have created havoc in the criminal justice system. Understanding the purpose of crime and countering it is the crucial task for the law enforcement agencies. This research aims to present how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning along with Predictive Analysis using soft evidence can be used in sorting out the existing criminal record while making the use of metadata, and therefore predicting crime. Furthermore, it would surely help out the police and intelligence bodies to smartly investigate the cases by referring to the database and thus help the society in curbing the crime by quicker and more effective investigation processes. It would also assist the analyst in tracking the activities and associations of various criminal elements through their recent activities, by extracting the particular details from the documents or records. Prediction of the crime can be understood through this research. The present study reflects the accuracy level of threat from 28 states of India. By researching on this topic, it becomes evident that if proper data is fed to this model, the chances of prediction are higher and more accurate. The study also tried to find out the psychosocial perspectives of the crime and what would be the reason of individual indulges in such crime. Abstract The emergence of the social media and its virtual communication space has enabled people at large to interact and communicate from the conventional mode of one-to-one to many-to-many. It exploded onto the technology in the last decades for commercial and entertainment purpose and rapidly it had become very much prevalent globally. Initiated as a friend-finder it went on to the extend encompassing every features of media where the users had a domi-nant role. When mass media and digital media was through certain modes, social media not only changed the mode but the creators and audience. From passive news listeners, it became active creators and sharers of contents in the form of information. With the enablement of technology, anybody with an internet access and own opinion can be part of social media. Under the guise of user-generated content, be it in sharing of news or opinion or images or videos and now even the live video promoting political, social, cultural aspects, social media do not hold any accountability because only users are producing contents. Also, being an intermediary, it is free from any liability for the user generated data under Indian Information Technology Act, 2008 and the existing global consensus under safe harbour doctrine. The law in this area is still relatively unsettled. The misuse of social media got reported with various incidents of such as impersonation, anonymity, profile account hacking, privacy threats, sexual or aggressive solicitation, cyber-bullying, and many such related serious issues. However, in all these matters, social media was provided with a benefit for its passive involve-ment of choosing the users or the contents posted. The liability was always on the content producers. It is certain degree of due diligence social media platform needs to observe that too very minimal! This paper endeavours to question the existing privilege available to social media at par with conventional media and also highlights the social-legal dilemma it put forth