CJA 314 Week 5 Criminology in the Future Paper

Access the Victims’ compensation websites in your state and the National Center for Victims of Crime website.

Review the following in Criminology in the 21st Century:

• Criminology Interviews: Chief Michael Rand of Victimization Statistics Transcript
• Criminology Interviews: Director National Gary Lafree Transcript
• Terrorism: A Study in Public Safety

Resource: Films on Demand videos located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings:

• “Sleeper Cell Networks”
• “Advantages and Disadvantages of Surveillance”
• “What is Biometrics?”

Research the following:

• U.S. Patriot Act
• The Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003
• Homeland Security Act of 2002

Write a 1,500  to 1,800-word paper addressing the following:

• Future directions of crime fighting and its role in social policy implication
• The potential for specific crime-fighting methodologies, such as using biometrics, implementing cybercrime spyware, or mandating DNA collection programs
• Evolving law enforcement and forensic technologies used to detect criminal activities
• Possible civil liberty or ethical violations as they relate to the evolving technologies you included in the paper

Discuss how the evolution of crime fighting may affect social policy from national and international perspectives.

Consider how the evolving technologies relate to national and international policymaking.

Format the paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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