  Criminal activity is a prevalent issue in contemporary culture and society,
with most nations facing unacceptable levels of crime. Technological innovation
has been one of the main driving forces leading to the continuous improvement
of crime control and crime prevention strategies (e.g. GPS tracking and
tagging, video surveillance, etc.). Given this, it is a moral obligation for
the research community to consider how the contemporary technological
developments (i.e. Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Learning, Edge
Computing)might help reduce crime worldwide. In line with this, this paper
provides a discussion of how a sample of contemporary hardware and
software-based technologies might help further reduce criminal actions. After a
thorough analysis of a wide array of technologies and a number of workshops
with organisations of interest, we believe that the adoption of novel
technologies by vulnerable individuals, victim support organisations and law
enforcement can help reduce the occurrence of criminal activity.
