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like credit card fraud, superannuation fraud,
computer hacking etc., nor have we had the
haunting spectre of the possibility of having
genetic predictions, prior to birth, of an
individual’s likelihood of growing up violent.
Globalisation, the continuing movement of
products, finance, people, firearms, illicit drugs,
plants and animals, and information, will test us
severely. What we know is that, however we
anticipate the future, it is not going to be a
continuation of the past.
Acknowledgement
The author wishes to thank Diana Nelson,
Research Assistant, Australian Institute of
Criminology for assisting with the
preparation of this article.
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