Most debates about government surveillance focus on privacy costs. We don’t often discuss the benefits of surveillance, but there are benefits -- surveillance reduces crime without putting people in prison. New tools offer powerful, low-cost alternatives to mass incarceration as a way to enforce the law and keep society safe. We need more of them.
http://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2016/03/15-reduce-incarceration-rates-targeted-surveillance-doleac
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