Crime overwhelms fragile justice systems, which can induce police to administer their own form of rough justice.
Much better, she suggests, to build up strong health systems which can deal with all medical problems.
Creating rational parole and probation systems, which can save enormous amounts of money, is just one step in that process.
Analysts say Germans and other European consumers may be worried about changes in state pension systems, which can no longer afford the comfortable payouts of the past.
Unicef's disaster risk reduction programmes implement simple measures like early warning systems which can mean the difference between life and death.
RFID systems, which can be used to check books back in as well as out, allow patrons to check out stacks of books in one operation.
Only 7percentt of the country's 4,800 hospitals have these systems, which can cost $1 million or more to install.
Other uses are also being developed, including systems which can detect a vehicle parking without permission in a residents' parking zone.
Hand transplants have been controversial because patients must take drugs to suppress their immune systems, which can be harmful and even shorten their lives.
I imagine a wider range of uses for the CineVise ($300) and CineSquid ($270) systems, which can be used to attach a camera to a vehicle.
Such body-scanning or "biometric" systems, which can make sure that somebody really is who he claims to be, are touted as the ultimate in security technology.
