Evaluation of Named Entity Recognition in Dutch Online Criminal Complaints

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Abstract

The possibility for citizens to submit crime reports and criminal complaints online is becoming ever more common, especially for cyber- and internet-related crimes such as phishing and online trade fraud. Such user-submitted crime reports contain references to entities of interest, such as the complainant, counterparty, items being traded, and locations. Using named entity recognition (NER) algorithms these entities can be identified and used in further eDiscovery and legal reasoning. This paper describes an evaluation of the de facto standard NER algorithm for Dutch on crime reports provided by the Dutch police. An analysis of confusion in entity type assignment and recall errors is presented, as well as suggestions for performance improvement. The paper concludes with a general discussion on the use of NER in eDiscovery.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationICAIL 2017 workshop on Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (DESI VII)
Number of pages5
Publication statusUnpublished - 12 Jun 2017
EventICAIL 2017 workshop on Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (DESI VII) -
Duration: 12 Jun 2014 → …

Workshop

WorkshopICAIL 2017 workshop on Discovery of Electronically Stored Information (DESI VII)
Period12/06/14 → …

Keywords

  • named entity recognition
  • evaluation
  • crime reports

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