Public perception of algorithmic policing in a non-democratic context: evidence from Kazakhstan
Gritsenko D. Trochev A. Vehkalahti K.
2025Routledge
Policing and Society
2025#35Issue 101357 - 1376 pp.
Governments around the world use advanced computer algorithms and data-driven systems to enhance their law enforcement systems. Research on public attitudes towards the use of such algorithmic policing in non-democratic countries remains scarce. Our study addresses this gap by exploring attitudinal factors influencing the acceptance of algorithmic policing in a non-democratic regime with a novel dataset from a survey conducted in Kazakhstan in May 2023 (N = 1748). Our findings contribute to the literature on algorithmic policing and authoritarian digitalisation, demonstrating how algorithmic tools become a part of the ‘authoritarian bargain’ to deliver governance efficiency without political reforms.
Algorithmic policing , authoritarian digitalisation , Kazakhstan , public acceptance
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Center for Social Data Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbaev University, Astana, Kazakhstan
Center for Social Data Science
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