November 27, 2009
Molecular Manufacturing and the Need for Crime Science by Deborah Osbourne Molecular manufacturing increases the potential for high-tech crimes; it can also be used to prevent them, says a crime analyst and book author. Originally published in Nanotechnology Perceptions: A Review of UltraprecisionEngineering and Nanotechnology, Volume 2, No. 2, May 8, 2006. Reprinted May 24, 2006 by KurzweilAI.net. The anticipated emergence of molecular manufacturing (MM) within decades requires new conceptualizations about crime and new strategies to address it. The seeds of possible solutions are planted in the United Kingdom where formal policing began. These seeds are called “crime science.”i Early policing stressed that the principal duty of police was to prevent crime rather than detect it.ii Crime science focuses on using science in creative and unprecedented ways to prevent crime. What type of crime will occur in a world with MM? If the terrorist activities of this decade so far are indicators, [...]
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January 21, 2007
by Deborah Osbourne May 2006 Molecular manufacturing increases the potential for high-tech crimes; it can also be used to prevent them, says a crime analyst and book author. Originally published in Nanotechnology Perceptions: A Review of Ultraprecision Engineering and Nanotechnology, Volume 2, No. 2, May 8, 2006. The anticipated emergence of molecular manufacturing (MM) within decades requires new conceptualizations about crime and new strategies to address it. The seeds of possible solutions are planted in the United Kingdom where formal policing began. These seeds are called “crime science.”i Early policing stressed that the principal duty of police was to prevent crime rather than detect it.ii Crime science focuses on using science in creative and unprecedented ways to prevent crime. What type of crime will occur in a world with MM? If the terrorist activities of this decade so far are indicators, it is likely that fundamentalist reactions to science will [...]
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