“An invisible man can rule the world”, says Claude Rains starring in the first movie version of The Invisible Man. I’ve been thinking a lot about the pros and cons of being invisible, or at least anonymous, over the last week or so. Offenders have always  sought to hide from the law and police officers to expose them. The development of fingerprinting, DNA analysis and ubiquitous CCTV coverage have all marked leaps forward in detection and have all been met with corresponding changes in offending skills (gloves, bleach and finding camera blindspots). The advent of social media has merely increased the speed of change. Invisibility/anonymity was a significant feature of the recent riots. Looters weren’t able to be invisible but tried their hardest to remain anonymous, wearing hoodies and masks and using Facebook, Twitter and, in particular, Blackberry Messaging, to organise

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