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David Edmonds examines how algorithms are used in our criminal justice system, from predicting future crime to helping decide who does and doesn\\u2019t go to prison.

While police forces hope computer software will help them to assess risk and reduce crime, civil rights groups fear that it could entrench bias and discrimination.

Analysis asks if these new computer tools will transform policing - and whether we need new laws to regulate them.

Contributors\\nArchive from Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network \\nJonathan Dowey, business intelligence manager, Avon and Somerset Police\\nHannah Couchman, Advocacy and Policy Officer, Liberty\\nProfessor Lawrence Sherman, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge\\nBryanna Fox, Associate Professor of Criminology University of South Florida\\nDame Glenys Stacey, The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation\\nJamie Grace, Senior Lecturer in Law, Sheffield Hallam University

Producer: Diane Richardson\\nEditor: Jasper Corbett