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PostSubject: 'Predictive policing' takes bite out of crime   'Predictive policing' takes bite out of crime Icon_minitimeTue Jul 31, 2012 5:46 am
Crime fighters have long used brains and brawn, but now a new kind of technology known as "predictive policing" promises to make them more efficient.

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A growing number of law enforcement agencies, in the US and elsewhere, have been adopting software tools with predictive analytics, based on algorithms that aim to predict crimes before they happen.

The concept sounds like something out of science fiction and the thriller Minority Report based on a Philip K. Dick story.

Without some of the sci-fi gimmickry, police departments from Santa Cruz, California, to Memphis, Tennessee, and law enforcement agencies from Poland to Britain have adopted these new techniques.
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The premise is simple: criminals follow patterns, and with software - the same kind that retailers like Wal-Mart and Amazon use to determine consumer purchasing trends - police can determine where the next crime will occur and sometimes prevent it.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/predictive-policing-takes-bite-out-of-crime-20120731-23bg6.html#ixzz22By0mO87
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