Crime and Crime Prevention

Discuss the way crime has changed due to technology and the impact on our lives. Describe the technologies used to prevent crime and the advantages and disadvantages of these technologies to us as individuals and to society.

Crime

  • Online bank robbery (programmers)
  • Virus distribution
  • Hacking
  • Identity theft

    Crime Prevention

  • Police National Computer
  • Computer Aided Dispatch
  • Biometric databases (DNA)
  • Databases to analyse patterns in crime
  • CCTV
  • Forensic analysis tools

    Interview a family member and ask them how crime and crime prevention has changed over time and the impact this has had on lives.