Apart from Crispr, Deep Learning, Autonomous drone swarms, and Mars missions, an important development in human society seems to be the dawning of an era in which "crime" becomes impossible.
Accuracy in determining our genetic and digital fingerprints, combined with ubiquitous surveillance and predictive machine learning may make going "on the lam" prohibitively difficult. In concert with LE's newfound prowess would be a subtle but pervasive mass media campaign that targets pre-criminals with cautionary tales of the apprehended. One hopes that progress in rehabilitation and societies capacity for forgiveness matches these developments apace.
ps happy 2016 HN!
