Criminology in the Future: Combating Crime in the Future

Criminology in the Future
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Criminology in the Future
Criminology is changing and growing to become very advanced with time. Future crime will evolve with the modern transformation in technology and become more unconventional. But technology will be the same weapon that will be used to combat the malpractice. Thus, necessitating the study of future criminology, especially the projected techniques that will be used in fighting it.
Combating Crime in the Future
The certain element of fighting crime will be technology. Technology is like a double-bladed sword: which supports perpetrators with innovative techniques of committing the malpractice, yet provides the law enforcement agencies the powerful devices convenient in combatting criminality. How technology is enhancing misconducts is evident in the recent escalating malpractices like terrorism, cybercrime, drug trafficking, piracy, intellectual property theft, poaching and trafficking animal and plants inclusive of their products, threats to governance and armament trafficking. For instance, black markets play a significant role in illicit arms distribution. Today surges in transnational organized crimes have stimulated the weapon trafficking. The products are of use in terrorism, poaching, robbing and drug trafficking activities. The illicit arms trade supply armaments to revolt groups within a nation. Hence, making the criminal network riskier and treacherous. Thus, contributing to unrest in countries. Since possessing weaponry gives them the ability to battle security agencies or other legitimate entities. Moreover, the illegal nets can form a robust and compact troop that can escalate and expand to neighboring nations causing destabilizations in regions. As per the UNODOC the weapon trafficking fuel violence and weakens justice, development and security throughout the world. In 2006, the illicit arm transaction was estimated to be above $100 million (The White House, 2011). In the United States, the federal law enforcement entities have seized vast of weapons being rustled to countries like Yemen, Somalia, Philippines, Russia, China, and Mexico among others. Hence, demonstrating the trend of firearm trafficking in the world. The business also entails items that can be used to produce weapons. The clients generate money by illicit sales. Thus, revealing why the black market is highly profitable and why persons take the risks involved in the practice.
On the other hand surveillance cameras or closed-circuit camera monitors situated in places with the high potentiality of a crime can note the delinquency. It is hard to tell whether there will be the need for traffic police officers patrolling the streets yet cctv and cameras can be used monitor highways. Hence, the human labor may be reduced in the sector, and the devices mounted (Byrne and Marx, 2013). The advantage of technological resources is that they can work for twenty-four hours a day compared to individuals who will be exhausted after twelve hours. Moreover, it gives the police evidence of suing a culprit. Hence, revealing how new technologies will be significant in determining how police services will be conducted. Technology is expected to be the key weapon in co...