This is a pessimistic view of the future that I worry about too, but overall, I still see little sign of it in practice. Surveillance may be ever closer to being ubiquitous but overall, (and it's almost heartening to see it be the case) crime, from the petty to the major, remains rampant worldwide with the vast majority of perpetrators never being caught at all.
This applies to organized crime, street crime of the petty or violent kind and of course to purely digital crime. In some cases, the absence of being caught is because of simple corruption (especially with organized crime) but in many if not most, it's still down to old fashioned police ineptitude, indifference and ironically, more crimes than ever being reported specifically because of wider surveillance and easier means of calling public social media attention to criminal activities.
If anything, these factors in many places just saturate police into inactivity, instead of causing greater punitive measures, and all this, despite widespread surveillance. A simple first world example: San Francisco. No shortage of social, technological and police surveillance resources, but good luck getting an iota of investigative attention even if someone openly steals something from you, unless you're well connected or lucky.
This applies to organized crime, street crime of the petty or violent kind and of course to purely digital crime. In some cases, the absence of being caught is because of simple corruption (especially with organized crime) but in many if not most, it's still down to old fashioned police ineptitude, indifference and ironically, more crimes than ever being reported specifically because of wider surveillance and easier means of calling public social media attention to criminal activities.
If anything, these factors in many places just saturate police into inactivity, instead of causing greater punitive measures, and all this, despite widespread surveillance. A simple first world example: San Francisco. No shortage of social, technological and police surveillance resources, but good luck getting an iota of investigative attention even if someone openly steals something from you, unless you're well connected or lucky.