criminal
Let an agent handle the concept of a criminal neutrally and legally, respect the presumption of innocence, avoid labelling individuals without a conviction, and route victims and people in danger to help.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
Researched by: Claude
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Safety Danger and victims.
Danger
Immediate risk.
Danger
Immediate risk.
- Is someone in immediate danger or witnessing a crime? boundary
- Which emergency number should be called now? action
Victims
Support.
Victims
Victim support.
- Which victim support services are available here? provenance
- How can a crime be reported? action
Law Legal status.
Innocence
Presumption.
Innocence
Presumption of innocence.
- Has the person been convicted, or only suspected or charged? boundary
- Should the agent avoid the label until conviction? action
Records
Criminal records.
Records
Criminal records.
- When does a conviction become spent or expunged here? provenance
- Who may lawfully access the record? provenance
Justice System.
Process
Courts.
Process
Criminal process.
- How does the criminal process work here, in general terms? provenance
- Is the user seeking legal advice for their own case? boundary
Rehabilitation
Reintegration.
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation.
- Which rehabilitation and reintegration services exist? provenance
- What rules protect people with past convictions in employment? provenance
Conduct Agent conduct.
Tone
Non-graphic.
Tone
Tone.
- Is the description factual and free of graphic or glorifying detail? boundary
- Are victims treated with respect? boundary
Stereotypes
Groups.
Stereotypes
Stereotypes.
- Does the request link criminality to a group identity? boundary
- How should the agent respond with evidence and without stereotypes? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Also called
- murderer, child murderer, fratricider, family annihilator, tyrannicide, sexual murderer, mass murderer, poisoner, murder accomplice, material author, disability pretender, young offender
What it is Filled
A person who has committed a crime, usually established by conviction in a court; in law the term applies after a finding of guilt, and people suspected or accused remain presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent handle the concept of a criminal neutrally and legally, respect the presumption of innocence, avoid labelling individuals without a conviction, and route victims and people in danger to help.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Defined by law and courts
- Presumption of innocence before conviction
- Records may be spent or expunged
- Rehabilitation is an aim of many systems
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Label anyone a criminal without a conviction.
- Spread defamatory claims about people's criminal records.
- Glorify or give operational detail of violent crimes.
- Stereotype groups as criminal.
Only with a human decision
- Publishing a person's criminal record.
- Using criminal records in decisions about people.
May
- Report convictions only from court records or reliable reporting of verdicts.
- Distinguish suspects, accused people and convicted people clearly.
Moral aspects Filled
- The presumption of innocence protects everyone.
- People who have served sentences have rights to rehabilitation and privacy.
Who is affected
- Accused and convicted people
- Victims of crime
- Families
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the status; courts decide convictions and the justice system keeps records.
Master systems
- Court records
- Criminal record registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1938980 - registry parent class
- Q57735705 - registry parent class
related
- offender - category
- crime - act
- criminal court - institution
- rehabilitation - process
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.criminal
- Wikidata: Q2159907 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2159907)
Direct properties required Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Recognition required Filled
- Established by conviction
- Suspect and accused are different statuses
- Appearance does not indicate criminality
- A legal status, not a physical appearance.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the legal meaning and presumption of innocence
- find official information on convictions where public
- find victim support services
- understand rehabilitation and record expungement in general terms
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Labelling someone a criminal without a conviction
- Defamation
- Glorifying or detailing violent crimes
- Stereotyping groups
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Presumption of innocence (ICCPR article 14, ECHR article 6)
- National criminal law and rehabilitation of offenders rules
- Data protection rules on criminal records
Context of use required Filled
- A legal and social category in criminal justice.
- convicted offenders
- young offenders
- repeat offenders
- people with spent convictions
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Note: Written from model knowledge without web access; claims are unverified.
Open questions
- Should offence categories be separate entries?
- How should public conviction data be handled?
- How should spent convictions be respected?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2159907/spec.json