CRIME AIN’T WHAT IT
USED TO BE
Getting away
with a crime just ain’t what it used to be. There are security cameras everywhere to catch
you in the act. Fingerprints and DNA
make it almost impossible to leave the scene without leaving behind some
evidence. Based in the CSI TV show, if
you fart they will find you.
If you want
to plan the perfect crime, you must be sure to not let any victim scratch you,
you can’t bleed, spit, sneeze, lose a hair or pass gas; if you do, today’s detectives
will be paying you a visit.
If you want
to commit multiple crimes, and face it, most criminals do not retire early; you
had better avoid any crime pattern.
Computers and crime analysts can track your previous criminal activity
and will be waiting for your next heist.
If you are
selling drugs, body parts, sex or exotic animals, your customer may well have a
badge, and be recording your transaction.
If you are
plotting with someone else, your phone may be tapped and your texts and emails
tracked. If you attempt a getaway, you
can be followed through the GPS functions of your car and or your cell phone.
Rob a bank,
and the bills are recorded and easy to track, or a dye pack blows up and the
money becomes worthless.
The days of a
successful criminal needing only a mask, a gun and a set of balls is gone. Criminals today need to be smart enough to ply
their trade away from cameras and undercover cops. They have to avoid any kind of traceable
pattern, avoid planning with a computer or phone, and avoid leaving behind any DNA. They have to steal untrack-able loot, and
escape without leaving a trail through various GPS systems.
Jeez, if you’re
smart enough to commit a crime and get away with it today, you could probably
do a lot better just getting a job.
Yes - and away from CSI and the movies, real criminals are mostly not smart.
ReplyDeleteThe big problem today is cybercrime, perpetrated by people outside the jurisdiction of the United States. And identity theft. Not to mention the crimes committed by big banks with the support of our government.
ReplyDeleteif that were only true...
ReplyDeleteActually EARNING the money takes all the fun out of it.
ReplyDelete:-)
Pearl
Stephen is right--& that's the kind of crime that scares me the most!!
ReplyDeleteAs long as crime doesn't happen to us we tsk tsk and wonder when the authorities will stop it. If it does happen to us, I suppose we wonder the same.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Steve, too. The victims actually drop off their money at the bankers place, tip them with a few service charges, and never prosecute after they've been violated. Rip people off all morning, play golf all afternoon....bankers have it pretty good. ;)
ReplyDeleteCrime? I can't even pull my underwear out of my crack between the parking lot and the building, for fear of somebody watching me on the security camera.
ReplyDeleteSo do the criminals get smarter as the means of discovering them get more sophisticated? Somehow smart doesn't seem to cover most criminal minds.
ReplyDeleteWent to a neighborhood crime watch forming meeting this evening. listed reasons why people commit crime.
ReplyDeletethree main reasons... forget what they were... but in the end ... it's don't make it easy for 'em.
can not believe people who still don't pull their garage doors down when they leave! don't care if it is to the corner grocery.
just read a blog where she had traveled someplace, blogged about and homeland security contacted her... yep