The concept uses special software that draws information from several sources of data to produce a realistic prediction of when and where a crime is most likely to occur.
The system is named "Precobs" ( Pre-Crime Observation System ) in a deliberate nod to the term "precog" used in the Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report which also explored the idea of stopping crimes before they happen.
The real-life crime predicting software was developed by the Institute for pattern-based Prediction Technique in Oberhausen and looks at a number of factors to help it predict the next incident including the time and date of past crimes in a specific area.
The initial results of a trial to predict burglaries in Munich and Nuremberg were deemed "promising" however it isn't clear whether the system will ever see mainstream use.
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