What are some likely future crimes, and how will future criminal activity differ from criminal activity today?
What will be an ideal response?
Futurists suggest that traditional street crimes will continue to occur in the future, but they also suggest that some new forms of criminal behavior will emerge. Predictions include:
• Social significant crimes will be increasingly economic and computer based, such as disruption of businesses, introduction of maliciously false information, tampering with medical records, tampering with air traffic control, and tampering with national security systems
• An increase in crimes involving identity manipulation, including illegal DNA modification
• The use of satellite communications to coordinate operations conducted by large-scale criminal organizations (drug trafficking, money laundering, etc.)
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