Assignment:
Access the Victims' compensation websites in your state and the National Center for Victims of Crime website (https://www.ncvc.org).
View the following in Criminology in the 21st Century:
- Criminology Interviews: Director and Chief of Victimization Stats
- Terrorism: A Study in Public Safety
View the following Films on Demand videos:
- Targeting Terrorism
- 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 2,100 word paper addressing the following:
- Future directions of crime fighting and it's 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.
Include at least two academic references.