Predicting Crime and Enforcing Law Through Big Data

Cutting-edge technology that uses big data is changing the face of law enforcement, and in ways many Americans don’t know about.

For example, police in Chicago use data points about your life and criminal history to predict whether or not you’ll commit a crime. It’s part of something called "big data" policing — the use of new forms of predictive analytics and surveillance monitoring, that's changing the way police do their work.

Professor Andrew Ferguson, author of "The Rise of Big Data Policing: Surveillance, Race, and the future of Law Enforcement," says all citizens need to pay close attention to the ways big data policing can upset community trust and raise questions about Constitutional protections and privacy rights.

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This segment is hosted by Tanzina Vega. 

This segment originally aired on October 27, 2017.