Exploring imaginative futures writing through the fictional prototype ‘crime-sourcing’

This fictional prototype presents a future proposition of people interacting with technologically designed or socially engineered producer entities. Entities customised specifically to solve complex societal problems. In this case that of crime and punishment. The prototype speculates how entrepreneurial firms will be able to exploit ‘crowdsourcing’ technologies. It also explores ‘crowdsourcing’ entities by means of a fictional reflection of how life might unfold in the criminal interaction space. The vignette is based on a factual discussion/analysis of the research inspiring these views. In the final section the author explains how this prototype will be developed through field research.