Predicting crime with software in Santa Cruz

Sleepy Santa Cruz is in the spotlight for using crime prediction software. The article references Minority Report, the movie where Tom Cruise is on a team that arrests people before they commit crimes. The software being used in Santa Cruz doesn’t predict who will commit the crimes, but the locations and times they’re likely to occur. Police increase their patrols of those areas and times, and so far it seems to be worthwhile.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21128333.400-cops-on-the-trail-of-crimes-that-havent-happened.html