It is said that the number of felonies decreased due to technological advancements, aiding in both crime prevention and solution. In my perception, it is easier to solve crimes with the help of advanced technologies. Similarly, technologies made it simple to predict the type, time, and place of crime in most scenarios.
Crime prediction requires speculations regarding several factors, such as who will commit crimes, what type of crime a criminal might commit, crime recidivism, etc., and these can be done by the recent advancements. For instance, the criminal database has convict details. From there, law enforcement can easily access their needed details. Some programs might even help them to monitor frequent offenders for future crimes. However, it might be difficult to predict if any civilians will commit a crime, but modern technologies will assist in finding those people.
Some programs are programmed to recognize the pattern of the crimes that help to catch criminals. Similarly, some can help to narrow down the list of suspects. For example, some AIs can give the probability of being the offender based on the suspect’s motive and crime patterns, making it easier to find and interrogate the suspects, finding the actual criminal. CC camera footage, victim database, forensic science, all of these have made it easier for the police, detectives, forensic scientists to work with the information they gather from the crime scenes and witnesses. These technologies are helping to solve many cold cases from the past when technology was not as advanced as now.
To sum up, it is safe to say technological advancements have made it easier to catch criminals. Different programs and software now aid the data and forensic scientists, detectives to catch criminals, as well as monitoring previous felons and their tendency to commit crimes.
