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Assignment 3: Technology Influences

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Assignment 3: Technology Influences

1. Discuss how technologies or information systems have contributed to the problem.

The advancement and increased use of technology and information systems have contributed to the problem of overcrowding of prisons and correction centers in different ways. First, technologies have improved the security surveillance systems which are used to gather evidence related to crime in most urban centers. For example, the use of surveillance systems and detectors has made it easier for investigators to identify pieces of evidence which have been used to pass judgment on offenders (Carlen, & Morgan, 2016). Besides this, technology has also made it efficient for the police to capture prisoners. It is now easier for someone to be imprisoned since the investigation and arrest time is reduced and evidence can easily be retrieved.

Second, technology has contributed to an increase in the rate of crime in different walks of life i.e. technology-based crime. The introduction of technology has brought new avenues which are used by criminals to commit criminal acts. For example, a platform such as social media has led to crimes such as cyber-terrorism and fraud which are serious offenses (Bagaric, Hunter, & Wolf, 2018). As such, the criminal justice system has been forced to include laws and statutes which ensure that there is a fair and just procedure to pass judgment on technology-based criminals. Due to the seriousness of some of these crimes, the criminal justice system is forced to sentence serious offenders to imprisonment. The increase of technology-based criminals has therefore contributed to the overcrowding of prisons and correctional centers.

Third, some of the technology and information systems are very new to the United States population and the United States laws. Without enough guidance, people have committed crimes related to technology unconsciously. Besides this, people may use technology without understanding the full impact of their actions which may be linked with certain prohibited actions. Due to this many people end up in correctional centers where they will be rehabilitated before they can be allowed to join the civil public.

2. Discuss how you will propose technology be implemented into the solution.

Even though technology has contributed to the challenge of overcrowding in prisons and correctional centers, it can be utilized to be part of the solution. One way technology can be implemented to reducing overcrowding in prisons and correctional centers are by using it to improve the quality of information about criminal behavior. Technology can make it easier for police officers to study crime in order to formulate better strategies to reduce it, thereby reducing the rate of imprisonment. For example, studying the behaviors of offenders such as the rate of re-offenders can help in devising better rehabilitation programs for first-time offenders. Besides this, technology can be used to improve the utilization of data and information in reducing crime rates.

Another solution is that technology has improved the rehabilitation of offenders by improving how options such as probation and parole can be utilized to replace incarceration. Through technology, officers and probation officials have found a better method to monitor the behaviors of offenders in order to ensure that they are on the right (Raphael, & Stoll, 2009). For example, the probation can use global positioning system (GPS) and radio frequency (RF) to ensure that convicts are where they claim to be.

References

Bagaric, M., Hunter, D., & Wolf, G. (2018). Technological incarceration and the end of the prison crisis. J. Crim. L. & Criminology, 108, 73.

Carlen, P., & Morgan, R. (Eds.). (2016). Crime Unlimited? Questions for the Twenty-First Century. Springer.

Raphael, S., & Stoll, M. (2009). Why Are So Many Americans in Prison? In S. Raphael and M. Stoll (Eds.), Do Prisons Make Us Safer? The Benefits and Costs of the Prison Boom (pp. 27-72). New York: Russell Sage Foundation.