The profiles from data-driven profiling applications are a model of the reality. The interpretability of these profiles for end users, e.g. policymakers, is often far from trivial. How and why these models are obtained by the applications are often regarded as a black box. In recent years several profiling …

A promising vehicle for a smart government is the exploitation of the large amount of heterogeneous data that becomes available increasingly. The field of Big Data (BD) responds to this promise by leveraging the potentials of such data. In this paper, a systematic approach is adopted to argue why the …

Organizations collect a vast amount of data of different types, from various sources, and through different channels. Primarily, these data are used by these organizations to facilitate their core business processes. However, today we witness a growing tendency to use these data for other purposes than …

De hoeveelheid beschikbare data is groter dan ooit en blijft razendsnel groeien. Tegelijkertijd is de technologie vandaag de dag zo ver gevorderd dat computers krachtig genoeg zijn om deze gegevens snel te verwerken en dat biedt oneindig veel mogelijkheden. Al deze nieuwe technische mogelijkheden roepen …

In modern societies, opening data is playing a crucial role in innovations and economic growth. Public organizations and private enterprises constantly are collecting data. To support the growth of societies, these organizations and enterprises intend to be more active in data opening. However, disclosure …

In the operational systems of the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, data about criminal cases are registered. This information is used to generate crime statistics or other management information as input for policymaking. A key element for these statistics is the crime type of a case, which is normally …

Overheden gaan steeds meer datagedreven werken. Dat biedt tal van voordelen, maar het roept ook vraagtekens op. Want deze manier van werken heeft alleen zin als je ook iets kunt zeggen over de kwaliteit van die data. Als de kwaliteit van de data onder de maat is, dan is de kans groot dat ook de kwaliteit …

Designing privacy-protecting Information Systems (ISs), i.e., realizing the Privacy by Design (PbD) principle, is a challenging task. This challenge stems from having many stakeholders and design trade-offs involved, which cause uncertainty in defining the problem, eliciting soft requirements, and making …

Some public organisations, despite being committed to attain the ideals of Open Data, struggle to meet the Open Data requirements fully. Often this is the case when their data are of low quality, have (potentially) sensitive information, or have non-interoperable format and semantics. These restrictions, …

De publicatie Criminaliteit en rechtshandhaving brengt ontwikkelingen in en samenhangen tussen criminaliteit en rechtshandhaving in kaart. Deze 17e editie richt zich daarbij met name op de periode 2008 tot en met 2018. Deze editie staat weer boordevol informatie over de aard en omvang van de criminaliteit …