Access the Victims' compensation websites in your state and the National Center for Victims of Crime website (http://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- to 2,400-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.

Format the paper and presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your work to the Assignment Files tab.

Materials

Criminology in the 21st Century

Advantages and Disadvantages of Surveillance

What is Biometrics?

Targeting Terror

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