Can Crime Stopping Be Dangerous?

CR101 Radio - Podcast Network · Apr 22, 2026 · 3m

This passage warns against the dangers of predictive crime prevention. Richard Conniff’s article in Science Digest highlights research aimed at identifying potential future criminals before they commit any crime, with proposals even suggesting preemptive jailing or execution. Critics, including ACLU lawyer David Landau, point out both constitutional and scientific flaws future criminality cannot be reliably predicted. The author adds a religious and moral objection: justice is only valid when applied to actual acts, not hypothetical ones, and people can change over time, as exemplified by…