Even this may seem to be heard as unbelievable, but police departments are increasingly using Analytics to prevent crime by predicting them.
The Predictive Model makes use of algorithms, time/space analysis and social network analysis from where the police departments and other crime prevention authorities can get to know where burglary will take place or even what will be the probability that a car will be stolen.
Amazed on reading this? Go over to the link http://hub.jhu.edu/2013/10/24/predictive-policing for more interesting information on it.
