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I would be surprised if there are more predictive variables than “places where crime has happened repeatedly over time” that are significant enough or uncorrela
by fnordpiglet 3y ago
I would be surprised if there are more predictive variables than “places where crime has happened repeatedly over time” that are significant enough or uncorrelated and noncausal to ever be more useful than patrol planners do today using standard statistics.
- tgv 3y agoWeather apparently is one. Not that the relation is clear cut, but temperature and precipitation are said to have a mild effect.
- fnordpiglet 3y agoI would imagine that’s a global effect not a local effect, no?
- toast0 3y agoMicroclimates exist. If more crime happens when it's warm and sunny, it pays to patrol the sunny side of the city and not the rainy side on days where there's partial sun and partial rain.