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I would argue that upping the detection rate is a bad thing, given the current status quo of the relationship people have with government. Our system relies upo

I would argue that upping the detection rate is a bad thing, given the current status quo of the relationship people have with government. Our system relies upon investing some amount of trust in individuals (law enforcement agents, prosecutors, jurors, etc.) to ensure that laws are enforced fairly, by applying them selectively (or at least that's the ideal case). As for hastening "the day we reduce the number of crimes because if we prosecute we manage to bang up 20% of the population." I'd expect that number to be nearer to 99%, and, it can't happen soon enough as far as I am concerned.

lifeisstillgood 14y ago
presumably the happen soon enough is the reduction of statutory crimes, not banging up 99% of the population (although that too might ... No.) Actually increasing the detection rate is IMO a Good Thing. I would like it if violent crimes were caught on CCTV, then the MIT-derived algorithm to pick individuals from stance and gait is used to follow them through the streets out and the taxis, to their front door where a cop car pulls up. Add to that all the white-collar crimes, the lax banking departments that move billions around for terrorists, tax evaders and criminals.