by Richard Winton

September 23, 2016

 

Can police prevent hate crimes by monitoring racist banter on social media?

During a three-year Researchers will be testing this concept over the next three years in Los Angeles, marking a new frontier in efforts by law enforcement to predict and prevent crimes. During a three-year experiment, British researchers working with the Santa Monica-based Rand Corp. will be monitoring millions of tweets related to the L.A. area in an effort to identify patterns and markers that prejudice-motivated violence is about to occur in real time.

 

Full article: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-predicting-hate-crimes-20160922-snap-story.html