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In its documentation of new developments this book stimulates one to ask where are we headed? What forms and policy impacts would a book such as this consider a decade or two from now? It is easy to imagine: perhaps visual subliminal messages that crime doesn't pay in cinemas, video and computer screens and equivalent audio messages in omnipresent music; the careful production and pretesting of mass communications to insure that they have socially constructive effects (perhaps a social impact statement would have to be filed before any general communication could be offered); or a less sweeping rating of communications materials and the granting of access only to those whose characteristics suggest they would not be influenced in an antisocial fashion; the widespread availability of highly differentiated anonymous hotlines (eg, there might be one specifically targeted at families and friends to encourage parents, spouses, children, and colleagues to report violations of those they are closest to); the use of video scanning devices (eg, on busy streets or transportation centers) to search for wanted individuals; voice and speech recognition systems that are able to identify individuals of interest and