Crime & Crime Prevention

 

The rise of technology has brought different types of crimes and new crimes. These are theft, fraud and violence against person. Hoever, technology has also brought ways to identify and prevent crimes.

Different Types of Technology Crime:

•  Internet theft such as scam and spam. Emails could lure people to websites that ask personal information such as names and credit card numbers. This could lead to identity theft which can use your identity to steal your money.
•  Internet fraud is a fraud scheme that takes place over the internet. This includes financial theft and identity theft.

Some of the new crimes include:

Text crime such as spam texting is the sending of unsolicited ads to cellphones and pagers via text messaging.  Spam texting has developed because of the strong popularity use of mobile phones. The article below shows how spam texting is dealt by authorities to stop people from doing it.

 

Phishing is also one of the new crimes.  This is the act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft and also used for financial theft.

How technology has changed how crime is committed and how it is detected?

• One way that the technology has changed how the crime is committed is it becomes quieter. Earlier technology crimes are visible for the reason that it is seen as genius. However the new technology crimes now are less visible and quieter. For example, in the past the crimes such as theft are harder to prevent and identify but now authorities can identify and prevent them by using tools such as CCTV. Therefore criminals are now conducting technology crimes quietly to avoid getting caught.
• On the other hand, technology has also changed how crime is detected. For example, in the past police didn't have tracking devices and surveillance systems to detect crimes and find criminals. Now they have the tools like gps for tracking and cctv to monitor people and prevent crimes.
• Crimes now are also detected through social network sites such as Facebook and Twitter. The article below explains how a thief was caught in the act and identified with the help of a picture posted on facebook.

• Technology can also influence the decision of court on how to manage crimes. The internet can now also be used in identifying and tracking people. These changes are shown with the articles below about how radio programmes can affect the decision of jury and how a website can help identify and trace people.

• New crimes such as cryber attacks are increasing, this is because cyber criminals are becoming the new money making. Many people are victims of cyber attacks and it is hard to prevent them. The article below explains how cyber-attacks are conducted.

• Criminals also use the internet to find and follow victims and then rob them. The article below shows how internet helps robbery and how did the authorities punish them.

Crime Prevention and Detection

DNA is now used for solving crimes. For example, DNA profiling can identify people, and in terms of crimes, it can be used to identify suspects.
CSI is also a strong tool for preventing crimes and detecting criminals. It is processing the crime scene and helps to understand how the crime is happened and identify suspects. It also gathers or looks at evidence than can be helpful in detecting criminals.
There are also now cyber detectives who can detect cyber crimes. Cyber Detection softwares are also now available to install to peoples computer to prevent cyber crime attacks like hacking, online theft and spam.