No man’s hand: artificial intelligence does not improve police report writing speed

IF 1.8 2区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Journal of Experimental Criminology Pub Date : 2024-10-02 DOI:10.1007/s11292-024-09644-7

Ian T. Adams, Matt Barter, Kyle McLean, Hunter M. Boehme, Irick A. Geary

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Abstract

Objectives

This study examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the time police officers spend writing reports, a task that consumes a significant portion of their workday.

Methods

In a pre-registered randomized controlled trial, we test this claim within the patrol division of a medium-sized police department (n = 85) at the individual report level (n = 755). Analyses utilize mixed-effects regression accounting for the nested structure of report-writing.

Results

AI assistance did not significantly affect the duration of writing police reports. Alternative specifications beyond those specified in the pre-registration, including a difference-in-differences approach observing report duration over a full year (n = 6084), confirm the null findings are robust.

Conclusions

Our findings contradict marketing expectations for the effect of this technology, suggesting no time savings in report-writing can be expected when using AI-assisted report-writing. Several other potential effects remain possible and untested.

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无人之手：人工智能无法提高警方撰写报告的速度

方法在一项预先登记的随机对照试验中，我们在一个中等规模警察局的巡逻部门（n = 85）内，从单个报告层面（n = 755）对这一说法进行了测试。分析采用混合效应回归法，考虑了报告撰写的嵌套结构。结论我们的研究结果与市场对这一技术效果的预期相矛盾，表明使用人工智能辅助撰写报告时，并不能节省撰写报告的时间。其他一些潜在效果仍有可能存在，但尚未得到验证。

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Journal of Experimental Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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6.20

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Experimental Criminology focuses on high quality experimental and quasi-experimental research in the advancement of criminological theory and/or the development of evidence based crime and justice policy. The journal is also committed to the advancement of the science of systematic reviews and experimental methods in criminology and criminal justice. The journal seeks empirical papers on experimental and quasi-experimental studies, systematic reviews on substantive criminological and criminal justice issues, and methodological papers on experimentation and systematic review. The journal encourages submissions from scholars in the broad array of scientific disciplines that are concerned with criminology as well as crime and justice problems.