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5 += Blacks Counted as White in Crime Stats =
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19 += Texas Sex Offender Registry Race/Ethnicity Audit =
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22 +== Overview ==
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24 + 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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26 +== Data Collection ==
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28 + ~1. Downloaded the full Texas Sex Offender Registry: **101,976** entries.
29 +2. Queried the database to flag potential mismatches between surnames, self-reported race/ethnicity, and demographic patterns.
30 +3. Used custom scripts to compute initial accuracy metrics.
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32 +== Key Findings ==
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34 + ~1. **Raw Misclassification Counts**
35 +~* Hispanics flagged as “Non-Hispanic White”: **11,541**
36 +~* Blacks flagged as White: **92**
37 +~* Asians flagged as White: **34**
38 +~* Whites flagged as Black: **1**
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40 +1. **Accuracy Metrics**
41 +1*. Initial accuracy: **89.48 %**.
42 +1*. After manual verification: **92.27 %**.
43 +1*. Remaining false positives to review: **2,590**.
44 +1. **Notable Examples**
45 +1*. Clusters of “Hernandez” surnames incorrectly marked as White.
46 +1*. **Dequan**, a documented Black offender, listed as “Non-Hispanic White.”
47 +1*. **Louby Innocent**, originally marked Black in Florida, appeared as White in Texas.
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49 +== Methodology ==
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51 + ~1. Automated surname-based queries to generate candidate mismatches.
52 +2. Manual review of flagged entries by cross-referencing public DPS records.
53 +3. Iterative re-runs to refine the matching algorithm and reduce false positives.
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56 +== Scope ==
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58 +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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60 +== Impact and Next Steps ==
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62 + ~1. Archived original registry entries to preserve evidence before corrections.
63 +2. Planned release of a comprehensive spreadsheet with all verified entries and source links.
64 +3. Recommendation: Texas DPS should implement routine data audits to ensure accurate race/ethnicity reporting.
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80 +[[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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86 +//Figure 2: [[Archived Examples>>attach:blacks_counted_as_white_Injustice__ethnicity__image__images__non-hispanic__race__texas__white_.jpg]]//
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