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Formally analysing the concepts of domestic violence
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@MISC{Poelmans_formallyanalysing,
author = {Jonas Poelmans and Paul Elzinga and Stijn Viaene and Guido Dedene and James Wattstraat},
title = {Formally analysing the concepts of domestic violence},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Abstract. The types of police inquiries performed these days are incredibly diverse. Often data processing architectures are not suited to cope with this diversity since most of the case data is still stored as unstructured text. In this paper Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is showcased for its exploratory data analysis capabilities in discovering domestic violence intelligence from a dataset of unstructured police reports filed with the regional police Amsterdam-Amstelland in the Netherlands. From this data analysis it is shown that FCA can be a powerful instrument to operationally improve policing practice. For one, it is shown that the definition of domestic violence employed by the police is not always as clear as it should be, making it hard to use it effectively for classification purposes. In addition, this paper presents newly discovered knowledge for automatically classifying certain cases as either domestic or non-domestic violence is. Moreover, it provides practical advice for detecting incorrect classifications performed by police officers. A final aspect to be discussed is the problems encountered because of the sometimes unstructured way of working of police officers. The added value of this paper resides in both using FCA for exploratory data analysis, as well as with the application of FCA for the detection of domestic violence.
Keyphrases
domestic violence police officer domestic violence intelligence unstructured police report unstructured text paper formal concept analysis case data regional police amsterdam-amstelland classification purpose data analysis added value practical advice powerful instrument incorrect classification exploratory data analysis capability police inquiry processing architecture non-domestic violence exploratory data analysis final aspect sometimes unstructured way certain case
