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Abstract:- The goal of this article is to provide a officers at various levels (Perry et al., 2019: 3). The goal of
reference manual for those who are interested in writing PP is to "issue crime forecasts in the same way the Weather
on predictive policing, which will include evaluations of Service issues storm alerts," according to Zavrsnik (2017:
the most promising technical tools for producing 1), and so to disrupt the "production cycle" of crime. With
predictions as well as the most promising tactical automated justice, it will be possible to eliminate prejudices
strategies to act on such predictions. More generally, this and heuristics and limit essentially moral decisions to 'clean
research aims to place predictive policing in relation to and pure' mathematical reasoning (Zavrsnik, 2017: 1).
other contemporary, proactive policing measures:
Although predictive policing is merely a tool, it can be a The rise of predictive policing, which claims to be the
very helpful one. It is not a magic oracle. The second holy grail of policing by stopping crime before it occurs, is
section will go through how predictive policing is sweeping the country. According to Walter, Perry, McInnis,
conceptualized, as well as its potential and actual Carter, Price, Susan, Smith, John, and Hollywood (2013),
advantages and disadvantages. Review clarifies how predictive policing is the application of analytical
predictive policing is conceptualized, as well as its techniques, particularly quantitative techniques, to identify
potential, actual benefits, and disadvantages. likely targets for police intervention and prevent crime or
solve past crimes by making statistical predictions. It has
Predictive policing, also known as crime been common practice for many years to predict crime rates
forecasting, is a set of high technologies aiding the police using statistical and geospatial analysis.The algorithm
in solving past crimes and pre-emptively fighting and makes a forecast about the increased likelihood of a specific
preventing future ones. With the right deployment of crime at a specific location during a specific time period
such technologies, law enforcement agencies can combat using big data.
and control crime more efficiently with time and
resources better employed and allocated. The current The two main tenets of place-based predictive
practices of predictive policing include the integration of policing are that (1) mathematical forecasting
various technologies, ranging from predictive crime techniques can be used to predict future crime risk
maps and surveillance cameras to sophisticated in precisel y defined geographic areas, and (2) the
computer software and artificial intelligence. Predictive deployment of police resources t o those prediction
analytics help the police make predictions about where locations reduces the likelihood of crime occurring
and when future crime is most likely to happen and who (Bowers, Johnson, and Pease, 2004; Mohler et al.,
will be the perpetrator and who the potential victim. The 2011). Predictive policing can be defined as the application
underpinning logic behind such predictions is the of data analysis technologies by the police to generate and
predictability of criminal behaviour and crime patterns effectuate actionable forecasts of sources and spatiotemporal
based on criminological research and theories such as conditions of future crime. This definition implies that
rational choice and deterrence theories, routine activities predictive policing is a cross-cutting policing strategy, a
theory, and broken windows theory. multidimensional process encompassing not only the
generation of crime predictions by algorithmic-mediated
Keywords:- Predictive policing,Forecasting, Crime data analysis but also the gathering and preparation of input
mapping, Prediction, Pre-processing data and the “journey” of the prediction from the police
data,Algorithms,Policing technology, Social control, department to its implementation on the street (Perry et al.
Machine learning. 2013: 11-15; Bennett Moses and Chan 2018: 807).
Four sections make up the cycle of gathering data, the identities of criminals, or the identities of crime victims.
forecasting outcomes, and putting those outcomes into The strategic subject list (SSL) in Chicago, where a risk
practice (see Fig. 1). The first step is the thorough gathering score was assigned to people who had previously been
of quantitative data, which is necessary for precise forecasts; arrested, predicts a heightened probability of becoming
the second step is the actual analysis of the data; the third engaged in future gun violence either as a perpetrator or a
step is the prediction of crime; and the fourth step is victim, is the most notable example of "person-based
particular police actions that aim to prevent crime by predictive targeting". The SSL had low predictive accuracy
deterring offenders or arresting them. in the aforementioned "prediction-led policing business
process," in addition to lacking instructions on how to
Accordingly, "location-based or geospatial predictive integrate predictions into police operations (Saunders, et al.
policing" and "individual-based predictive policing" are the 2016).This finding emphasizes the need to consider the
two subcategories that are typically used to separate out entire "prediction-led policing business process" when
predictive policing (Sommerer, 2017). According to examining and evaluating predictive policing—whether it be
Ferguson (2017), "person-based predictive targeting" and "place-based predictive policing" or "person-based
"place-based predictive policing" are subcategories. predictive targeting"—because each strategy can produce its
According to Perry et al. (2013), the latter category can be own distinct if faculties throughout the process.
further separated into techniques for predicting criminals,
V. POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES OF PREDICTIVE Predictive police tactics are said to assist in identifying
POLICING people who may be involved in criminal activity, either as a
victim or an offender, in a second specific claim. According
Law enforcement organizations use these methods to to Perry (2013), predictive algorithms can be used to
more effectively and efficiently use their resources, which is identify members of criminal organizations that have a
how predictive policing is envisaged with broad potential higher than average likelihood of engaging in violent
benefits built in. Andrejevic, 2017) claim that predictive conflict (such as gang shootings). Inductive profiling is
policing can enable police forces to intervene by identifying another tool that can be used to identify people who may
patterns in vast data sets. We reviewed the literature and later commit crimes (Van Brakel & De Hert, 2011). With
identified the specific claims. the use of these methods, those who exhibit characteristics
that are associated with a higher likelihood of engaging in
The more accurate allocation of resources in both criminal behavior can already be watched or targeted (Perry,
space and time is the first distinct advantage of predictive 2013). This profile goes beyond only looking at an
policing. To identify high-risk areas, predictive policing individual's demographics; it can also include their (social)
methods that employ both previous crime data and a wider behavioural habits (Van Brakel & De Hert, 2011).
range of data are used. For example, risk terrain analysis and
advanced hot spot identification techniques are used to Kump et al. (2016: 156) used his research to show that
identify the areas where criminal activity is most likely to sex offenses are most commonly clustered in the offenders'
take place. Both criminal data and data from data mining are activity zones (i.e., places where people frequently go).
crucial for this geospatial analysis: they are data that don't Based on a more in-depth investigation, Kump et al. showed
immediately matter but could help with crime prevention through social network analysis that people are more likely
and prediction (Andrejevic, 2017). to commit crimes for a length of time (about 25 weeks) if
they are socially related to an offender to a certain extent.
These numerous data sources can also be used to Similar conclusions on social media and criminal activity
identify the times of day when criminal behaviour is most are reached by Williams, Burnap, and Sloan (2016: 337),
likely to occur through the use of spatiotemporal analysis. who discover a correlation "between aggregated open-
These algorithms are intended to forecast the peak period of source communications data and aggregated police recorded
criminal activity in a specific area. However, the research crime data in London."
also shows more specific patterns. Near-repeat crimes are
the idea that following crimes are more likely to happen VI. PITFALLS/ DRAWBACKS OF PREDICTIVE
close to the time and place of current crimes. POLICING
Dario, Morrow, Wooditch, and Vickovic (2015) Predictive policing can bias police personnel by
looked into the connection between crime and favourable spotlighting high and low-risk neighborhoods, placing them
surfing conditions in California (i.e., weather conditions that on unnecessarily high alert or giving them a false sense of
entice locals, visitors, and surfers to surf areas). The Ventura security. Predictive policing has an effect on neighborhood
Police Department's historical criminal data was used. They residents in addition to criminals and law enforcement
determine that the weather does, in fact, enhance crime in personnel. While many academics and police departments
these areas, but only from 2:30 to 5:29 pm (Dario et al., are persuaded that predictive policing has a bright future,
2015: 271). Similar conclusions were reached by Haberman some academics have expressed some reservations about the
(2017), who noted that the risk of armed robberies occurring use of data mining and algorithms to anticipate criminal