From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Crime prediction and unintended consequences.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. The state of New York wants psychotherapists who report any client likely to turn

violence so authorities can confiscate weapons. The president and Congress want mental health agencies

to share information so law enforcement can take action. Is the next step preventive detention

for people who've never committed a crime?

Is prediction possible?

Or is there no choice but to wait for violence to happen?

We'll hear about the scientific, legal, and ethical controversies

provoked by the outrage over a rash of mass killings.

On reporter's notebook later, why are nominees for Oscars in film making visits to Capitol Hill? First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Mormon Alney, back with To the Point. The latest mass killing has renewed

multiple controversies about mobilizing science and medicine to prevent violent crime.

What are the legal and ethical issues and the prospects for unintended consequences?

On reporter's notebook, why are producers, actors, and others hoping for this year's Oscars making stops in Washington, D.C.?

First, this story.

Economists around the world

anticipated decline in the economy of the Eurozone in the fourth quarter of last year, but it

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