Can New Tech Reduce Crime? With Robert Muggah of Igarape Institute

Statistics show that crime, especially violent crime, is hyper concentrated within certain times, places and people.

Just look at these stats:

90-95 % of homicides take place in less than 2% of the street addresses in any area.

Half of all crimes occur within the same 10 hours of every week.

5% or less of the population in any given area is responsible for 90% of crime that happens there.

Is there a way to leverage this data to prevent crime?

Robert Muggah thinks so.

Listen in to hear him explain how technology is revolutionizing the world’s policing systems.

Here’s a sampling of what you’ll learn from the show:

• How one technology reduced police response time in Brazil from 14 days after a crime had taken place to 20 minutes after it was reported
• What hot spot policing is and why it’s important
• What the controversial “hotlist algorithm” is and the ethical questions it’s raising

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