Challenges

Implementing new technologies can have both unintended consequences and major, sometimes unanticipated, benefits. Technological developments often outpace associated developments in law, regulations, policy, culture, and knowledge regarding effective use. In addition, many of the technologies are young, and costs might remain prohibitive. In the business cases, including the need for security, privacy, and civil-rights protections can help protect against unintended drawbacks, although care must be taken to avoid stifling the emergence of unanticipated benefits.

Two of the greatest challenges of international criminal justice, in the context of changes brought by modern technologies are - 

Data breaches. Extortion. Cyberbullying. Identity theft. With internet-related crimes on the rise in the world, cybercrime has become one of the fastest-growing areas of focus in the criminal justice system. From the criminal investigators who gather digital evidence, to the criminal justice leaders who influence policy and law around cybersecurity, to the prosecutors and law enforcement agents whose job is to bring the cybercriminal to justice, criminal justice professionals play a critical role every day in addressing this growing problem in today’s interconnected world.

Drug crimes have long been a big part of the job for those in law enforcement, as well as for other professionals with careers involving criminal justice. And with the growing opioid epidemic. Many professionals in criminal justice have dedicated their careers to fighting the war on drugs through better law enforcement, more effective policy, and new laws.