Risk Revolution: the Threats Facing America & Technology's Promise for a Safer Tomorrow

by Smith, Derek V.

• ISBN13: 9781563527340
• ISBN10: 1563527340
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-15
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

We are at a critical moment in American history; our right to privacy is seemingly at odds with our nation's security needs in the post-September 11th world, a tension that is at the heart of this book. the h

Table of Contents

Foreword
Author's note	p. 1
Prologue	p. 5
Today's uncertain world
An uneasy nation	p. 17
Criminals in our communities and companies	p. 25
Assault on personal identity	p. 35
Bad guys coming out of the woodwork	p. 51
Ties that bind
New ways of thinking	p. 63
Fatal connections	p. 71
Solving crimes	p. 79
Enemies inside our gates	p. 87
The promise of biometrics
The one and only you	p. 95
Life in the fast lane	p. 103
The power to protect	p. 109
Securing our borders	p. 115
The DNA revolution
"We could have stopped him"	p. 123
DNA 101	p. 127
Cold hits bring justice	p. 131
"This is going to be huge"	p. 137
"I couldn't even spell DNA"	p. 141
Freeing the innocent, convicting the guilty	p. 149
Guidelines for using technology responsibly
What we need are decision rules	p. 159
Rules in the real world	p. 167
A national discussion on privacy	p. 179
A call to action
Reducing risk in everyday life	p. 189
Stopping dangerous doctors	p. 195
Targeting sex offenders	p. 203
Finding missing children	p. 211
Empowering the individual	p. 219
A big picture perspective
The limits of technology	p. 225
The roots of conflict	p. 231
The information storm	p. 237
The genie in the bottle	p. 243
Epilogue	p. 247
Index	p. 249
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