There is a new list of crimes making headlines such as home invasion, road rage, air rage, identity theft, HIV assault, computer pornography and pedophilia, and terrorism-related offences. New crimes are added to the list every year, some as brutal as any violent crimes of yesteryear, many as new as modern technology inspires.
Stolen airbags can fetch thieves $200. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)
At the beginning of the new millennium, in June 2001, a symposium on new crimes was convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology in Canberra. Dr. Adam Graycar, the institute's director, presented a paper in which he said:
"The old adage is that crime follows opportunity, and there are certainly new opportunities created by new technologies, new forms of organization, and new markets. This creates a situation in which there are both new offenders and new victims. Sometimes the victims do not even know that they are victims, or the extent to which they have been victimized."
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21st century
Crimes of the (new) century
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Stolen airbags can fetch thieves $200. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images)
"The old adage is that crime follows opportunity, and there are certainly new opportunities created by new technologies, new forms of organization, and new markets. This creates a situation in which there are both new offenders and new victims. Sometimes the victims do not even know that they are victims, or the extent to which they have been victimized."
In Depth
21st century
Crimes of the (new) century
Do you think that the types of crime are changing?
More...
