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predictive policing  

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  • The professionalization of America's police forces that began in the early 1900s has had as an obvious consequence an increasing reliance on science and technology to address the crime problem. To this end, police have utilized crime mapping and criminological theory to complement foot and random motor patrols in order to suppress crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Predictive Policing]

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