In a more positive direction, the state can provide those at risk with counseling and other mental health services to try to prevent the predicted scenario. A

In a more positive direction, the state can provide those at risk with counseling and other mental health services to try to prevent the predicted scenario. A similar idea was attempted in Chicago with those on the other side of this: those with high risk of being homicide victims. An account of a boy in the program here: http://harpers.org/archive/2014/03/chronicle-of-a-death-foretold-2/ http://harpers.org/archive/2014/03/chronicle-of-a-death-fore... Unfortunately the story ends tragically for him, but the idea seems promising.