Investigation the Application of Artificial Iintelligence in the Prevention and Detection of Crimes Committed by Repeat Offenders in Mazandaran Province

One of the application areas of artificial intelligence is in crime prevention, crime detection, suspect identification, criminal evidence provision, and crime prediction. The aim of this research is to analyze the application of artificial intelligence in the prevention and detection of crimes committed by repeat offenders in Mazandaran province. This research is applied in terms of its objective, and the research method is descriptive-correlational, survey-based. The statistical population of the research consists of employees of the Preventive Police and Intelligence Police Command of Mazandaran province, out of which a sample of 66 individuals was randomly selected using Morgan's table. The research data were collected using researcher-made questionnaires on artificial intelligence and crime prevention and detection, with Cronbach's alpha coefficients of 0.78 and 0.86, respectively. The data were analyzed using correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis with the SPSS software. The hypothetical findings of the first hypothesis of the research indicated that artificial intelligence has a direct and significant effect on crime prevention. Additionally, the second hypothesis of the research showed that artificial intelligence also has a direct and significant effect on crime detection.