The crime rate nowadays is decreasing compared to the past due to advance in technology.To what extent do you agree or disagree

Technological advancement is changing the narratives in all spheres of life and the field of criminology is not left out. Nowadays, due to advancing technologies in the areas of

crime

prevention

and solving, the

crime

rate is fast decreasing when compared to times when these technologies were not available. The preceding paragraphs will explain how advancements in surveillance devices and security

alarm

systems

have resulted in

crime

prevention

, as well as how advances in forensic criminological techniques have contributed to

crime

reduction.

To begin

, the deployment of 24/7 surveillance cameras and

alarm

systems

in offices, banks, businesses, hotels, and even homes and public places has severed as deterrents to criminals, especially burglars and robbers. In some climes, government and insurance policies mandate the installation of these cameras and

alarm

systems

in public and business places. The footage from these cameras, as well as their presence, has assisted

crime

solving and

prevention

respectively. Security

alarm

systems

alert the law enforcement agencies and the immediate vicinity of possible breaking and entering, in the building in which it is installed, for swift mobilisation of agents to the scene. Camera footage and being caught in the act

as a result

of alarms have eliminated the criminal's use of an alibi that they were somewhere else at the time the

crime

was committed.

Secondly

, the widespread application of

DNA

and fingerprint matching techniques have greatly revolutionalised

crime

solving. A person's fingerprints and

DNA

configurations are their permanent identification throughout life. Now,

DNA

and fingerprints taken from

crime

sites could be matched with all suspects to pinpoint the perpetrator. With the advent of these techniques,

for instance

, even some decades-old cold cases have been solved and wrongful convictions have been discovered and reversed. The magic is done by simply matching the

DNA

and fingerprints left behind at the

crime

scene with all suspects in a case and

also

running it through a government-held database of previously arrested criminals for crimes related to that being investigated. To conclude, the advent of both these technologies has advanced by lightyears the fields of

crime

prevention

and solving.

Also

, they have resulted in many arrests of criminals that will have gone scot-free.

Hence

the reason I agree

that

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crime

rate reduction is attributable to technological advancements.