From Today, you can freely consult our report Three predictive policing approaches in Spain: Viogén, RisCanvi and Veripol (an assessment from a human rights perspective), by Martínez Garay et al.
It is possible to learn the main conclusions of this report through its executive summary, which is now available both in English and Spanish.
Full access to the report throughout this PDF version.
(In case you may need a printed copy of the Report, you can freely ask for one, edited by PUV -Publicacions de la Universitat de València- sending an e-mail to Itziar.Riera@uv.es and we will try to provide you with one printed copy)
Report prepared by:
Lucía Martínez Garay
Responsible researcher
Departament de Dret Penal and Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Criminologia i Ciències Penals, Universitat de València
Andrés Boix Palop
Departament de Dret Administratiu i Processal, Universitat de València
Álvaro Briz Redón
Departament d’Estadística i Investigació Operativa, Universitat de València
Fernando Flores Giménez
Departament de Dret Constitucional, Ciencia Politica i de l’Administracio and Institut de Drets Humans, Universitat de València
Andrea García Ortiz
Institut Universitari d’Investigació en Criminologia i Ciències Penals, Universitat de València
Mireia Molina Sánchez
Departament de Dret Administratiu i Processal, Universitat de València
Francisco Montes Suay
Departament d’Estadística i Investigació Operativa, Universitat de València
Adrián Palma Ortigosa
Departament de Dret Administratiu i Processal, Universitat de València
Alfred Peris Manguillot
Institut de Matemàtica Pura i Aplicada, Universitat Politècnica de València
Alba Soriano Arnanz
Departament de Dret Administratiu i Processal, Universitat de València
The origin of this work lies in a commission from a non-governmental human rights organisation to study existing predictive policing tools in Spain, which also provided financial support. This report is a result of research activity carried out within the “Algorithmical Law” research project (PROMETEU/2021/009) at the University of València, of which the following authors are members: Andrés Boix Palop, Lucía Martínez Garay, Alba Soriano Arnanz, Adrián Palma Ortigosa, and Mireia Molina Sánchez; within the research grant PID2021-123441NB-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe”, of which the following authors are members: Lucía Martínez Garay and Andrea García Ortiz; and by the research project PID2019-108745GB-I00 «Digital economy regulation: equality guarantees provided by public powers and algorithmical tools» of which the following authors are members: Andrés Boix Palop, Alba Soriano Arnanz and Adrián Palma Ortigosa.
The views expressed in this report are solely those of the authors and do not represent those of the institutions to which they belong, nor those of the institutions that commissioned or funded the research.
Limitations
This report was closed as of November 2022 but various technical and personal reasons have delayed its publication.
New information and news on Viogen and Riscanvi up to April 2023 could only be included in a very fragmentary form, as well as some very brief references to the Audit report published on RisCanvi in 2024.
The compatibility of the three predictive policing tools with human rights has been assessed in relation to the regulations in force in Spain and Europe at the closing date of the report. This report does not assess the compliance of the tools with the obligations set out in the EU AI Act approved by the European Parliament on March 13, 2024.