 The concept was brought to wider public attention by Steven Spielberg's film "Minority Report", loosely adapted from the story.The Japanese cyberpunk anime television series "Psycho-Pass" has a similar concept.Pre-crime in criminology dates back to the positivist school in the late 19th century, especially to Cesare Lombroso's idea that there are "born criminals", who can be recognized, even before they have committed any crime, on the basis of certain physical characteristics.