Technology And Crime Paper

This paper is and was written to explain the advances in technology and how it affected society and criminal activities. Also it will go over how our society addresses new kinds of crime that technological advances have made possible, distinguishing new types of crimes produced by advancement in technology and also new ways of committing old crimes that have been facilitating by emerging technologies. It will also dive into Criminalistics and explaining the interplay between advancing technology and methods used to gather evidence in the fight against crime. Then lastly, it will conclude on a strong argument as to whether I have concluded that technology will or will not result in more and better justice in America.

Introduction/Body
Back when technology was starting to develop, American police officers were on foot patrol and/or rode horses and communicated by yelling at one another. Back then criminal investigation was less scientific and court cases were resolved simply by the popularity of a defendant than the weight of evidence gathered. Nowadays, American police officers ride around in cars, motorcycles, bicycles or any form of transportation with instant communication with other members of their police department. Biology-Forums, a website that has made a good point and that being is “All manner of forensic and scientific resources remove guesswork from criminal investigations” (Technology affects justice , 2012). That means that crimes are a little more advanced than they were back in the day. Court cases now are far more informed by precedent and constitutional considerations that ever before but criminals are beginning to become a little smarter. Criminals are starting to do a lot more cyber crimes or game system navigation like (Playstation or Xbox). How has our society addressed the new kinds of crimes that technological advances have made possible? Well for starters, one that has made all new kinds of crime is the social media platform as well as mobile applications that can be downloaded. Patrick J. Solar, a writer for policemag.com said that “These platforms allow criminals to coordinate like never before and potentially