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5 -= Blacks Counted as White in Crime Stats =
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17 -~= Texas Sex Offender Registry Race/Ethnicity Audit =
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20 -~== Overview ==
21 -On ~*~*September 9, 2023~*~*, Unbiased Crime Report (@UnbiasedCrime) 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.
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23 -~== Data Collection ==
24 -~1. Downloaded the full Texas Sex Offender Registry: ~*~*101,976~*~* entries.
25 -2. Queried the database to flag potential mismatches between surnames, self-reported race/ethnicity, and demographic patterns.
26 -3. Used custom scripts to compute initial accuracy metrics.
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28 -~== Key Findings ==
29 -~1. ~*~*Raw Misclassification Counts~*~*
30 - ~* Hispanics flagged as “Non-Hispanic White”: ~*~*11,541~*~*
31 - ~* Blacks flagged as White: ~*~*92~*~*
32 - ~* Asians flagged as White: ~*~*34~*~*
33 - ~* Whites flagged as Black: ~*~*1~*~*
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35 -2. ~*~*Accuracy Metrics~*~*
36 - ~* Initial accuracy: ~*~*89.48 %~*~*.
37 - ~* After manual verification: ~*~*92.27 %~*~*.
38 - ~* Remaining false positives to review: ~*~*2,590~*~*.
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40 -3. ~*~*Notable Examples~*~*
41 - ~* Clusters of “Hernandez” surnames incorrectly marked as White.
42 - ~* ~*~*Dequan~*~*, a documented Black offender, listed as “Non-Hispanic White.”
43 - ~* ~*~*Louby Innocent~*~*, originally marked Black in Florida, appeared as White in Texas.
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45 -~== Methodology ==
46 -~1. Automated surname-based queries to generate candidate mismatches.
47 -2. Manual review of flagged entries by cross-referencing public DPS records.
48 -3. Iterative re-runs to refine the matching algorithm and reduce false positives.
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50 -~== Impact and Next Steps ==
51 -~1. Archived original registry entries to preserve evidence before corrections.
52 -2. Planned release of a comprehensive spreadsheet with all verified entries and source links.
53 -3. Recommendation: Texas DPS should implement routine data audits to ensure accurate race/ethnicity reporting.
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55 -~== References ==
56 -~{~{footnote reference="1"}}Unbiased Crime Report (@UnbiasedCrime). “Texas Sex Offender Registry Analysis!” Twitter thread, Sep 9, 2023. Available at ~[~[Thread Reader App>>https:~/~/threadreaderapp.com/thread/1700341490206310416]]~{~{/footnote}}
57 -~{~{footnote reference="2"}}Texas Department of Public Safety. “Sex Offender Registry.” Available at ~[~[DPS Public Site>>https:~/~/publicsite.dps.texas.gov/SexOffenderRegistry]]~{~{/footnote}}
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78 -[[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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84 -//Figure 2: [[Archived Examples>>attach:blacks counted as white[Injustice_ ethnicity_ image_ images_ non-hispanic_ race_ texas_ white].jpg]]//
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