Post by Admin on Nov 15, 2015 17:50:20 GMT
Some people say that advanced technology is the cause of increased crime. Others say that advanced technology can prevent most crimes. Discuss both views and give your opinion.
While some suggest that cutting-edge technology is responsible for increasing levels of crime, others say it can be used to prevent most crime. I believe that criminals take advantage of the availability of technology and that, unfortunately, technology itself can only do so much in terms of prevention.
There is some truth to the argument that advanced technology causes more crime. For example, in the UK, 2.3 million incidents of cyber-crime were reported in 2014, but in the past such crimes did not exist. Internet and satellite technology has enabled hackers to hide their location while they unearth bank account numbers and passwords and use them to steal millions. Robotic technology allows drug cartels in Latin America to use remote-controlled submarines to send cocaine, undetected, to the United States. Last year in Boston, police arrested a man intending to use a drone to attack the Pentagon. He bought it on E-bay. While it is people who commit crimes, the fact that technology is so easily available means that crime has become more widespread and harder to fight.
Some, however, is used to avert crime. Facial recognition can prevent known criminals entering a country. CCTV cameras can monitor shopping malls where crimes of opportunity occur. The public can send images of suspicious activity in on smartphones, and DNA and fingerprints are accessible via the Internet, allowing police in one country to share details with those in another. However, such technologies often rely on someone’s details being on file in the first place, and the same technology can also be used by criminals, such as in the case of the Mumbai bombings in 2008 when the perpetrators used search engines and social media to identify hostages. There are fears that even genetic engineering technology may be turned to ill-use by terrorist organisations creating super-bugs to disrupt whole cities and kill thousands.
In conclusion, while technological developments have undoubtedly helped in the fight against crime, crimes are committed by individuals and organisations, and they are early-adopters of new technology, eager to turn it to their own ends.
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Note: This is one answer: there are always other ways to respond to IELTS essays.
It includes some 'less common' vocabulary from beyond the BNC-COCA 3000:
K4: hostages, robotic
K5: cocaine, facial, hackers, malls, submarines
K6: avert, cartels, perpetrators
K7: drone, passwords
K8: unearth
While some suggest that cutting-edge technology is responsible for increasing levels of crime, others say it can be used to prevent most crime. I believe that criminals take advantage of the availability of technology and that, unfortunately, technology itself can only do so much in terms of prevention.
There is some truth to the argument that advanced technology causes more crime. For example, in the UK, 2.3 million incidents of cyber-crime were reported in 2014, but in the past such crimes did not exist. Internet and satellite technology has enabled hackers to hide their location while they unearth bank account numbers and passwords and use them to steal millions. Robotic technology allows drug cartels in Latin America to use remote-controlled submarines to send cocaine, undetected, to the United States. Last year in Boston, police arrested a man intending to use a drone to attack the Pentagon. He bought it on E-bay. While it is people who commit crimes, the fact that technology is so easily available means that crime has become more widespread and harder to fight.
Some, however, is used to avert crime. Facial recognition can prevent known criminals entering a country. CCTV cameras can monitor shopping malls where crimes of opportunity occur. The public can send images of suspicious activity in on smartphones, and DNA and fingerprints are accessible via the Internet, allowing police in one country to share details with those in another. However, such technologies often rely on someone’s details being on file in the first place, and the same technology can also be used by criminals, such as in the case of the Mumbai bombings in 2008 when the perpetrators used search engines and social media to identify hostages. There are fears that even genetic engineering technology may be turned to ill-use by terrorist organisations creating super-bugs to disrupt whole cities and kill thousands.
In conclusion, while technological developments have undoubtedly helped in the fight against crime, crimes are committed by individuals and organisations, and they are early-adopters of new technology, eager to turn it to their own ends.
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Note: This is one answer: there are always other ways to respond to IELTS essays.
It includes some 'less common' vocabulary from beyond the BNC-COCA 3000:
K4: hostages, robotic
K5: cocaine, facial, hackers, malls, submarines
K6: avert, cartels, perpetrators
K7: drone, passwords
K8: unearth