Complex spatial constructs and changing environments : understanding safety and security

Abstract

Society is a complex organism that breathes interaction through its myriad linkages between itscomponent parts. Picture an ant colony where a top-down hierarchy is the rule of the day: onequeen, soldiers and workers, all entrusted with a particular role, as ordered by instinct,hormones, smells and ingrained rules. Human society is one highly complex organism whereeach interaction is determined by free-will and individuality, albeit structured within a systemof rights and obligations. The billions of potential interactivities will by necessity andopportunity result in some actions becoming non-conformant and hence termed as criminal. Society’s foundations are built on five pillars: politics, religion, education, family and economy:each of which is a cauldron of opportunities, regulations, and resultant potential to become andoffender or a victim.