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Crime Prevention Through Crime Prediction
Students in a Louisiana State University computer science class developed a crime-prediction software program.
Credit: milwaukieoregon.gov
Students in a Louisiana State University (LSU) computer science class developed Crimer, a crime-prediction software program.
The researchers collected crime data from the Internet and used it to build a national crime prediction map of the U.S.
The software uses a variety of machine learning algorithms for the extraction, transformation, loading, and predicting of crime reports.
The researchers supplemented the crime data with a variety of auxiliary data, including weather, terrain, and population, said LSU researcher Alexander "Lex" Adams.
In addition to providing crime-prediction data to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, Crimer helping the East Baton Rouge Police Department and District Attorney's Office fight the opioid epidemic using social media.
From Louisiana State University
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