Big data can be useful in stopping crimes as it can be used to predict who is more likely to commit crime and in which situation and circumstances a crime is likely to occur. This can therefore prevent crime as police could be more informed about if a crime is likely to occur and they can take precautions to prevent it from happening.
It is not completely reliable to use big data to stop crime as there are disadvantages - we can't solely use big data because we would just be making guesses as to which crimes are going to happen and we cannot be sure. Big data is also unlikely to remove unpredictability of crimes as many criminals come as a surprise. It may also put innocent people under suspicion wrongly if they appear to meet the criteria of an average criminal even though they are law abiding.
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