Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Want to reduce incarceration rates? Targeted surveillance can help (Jennifer L. Doleac, Brookings)

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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