I was about to mention Altered Carbon, glad I'm not the only one who has read it. He did an amazing job of exploring many of the far-reaching impacts of being a

I was about to mention Altered Carbon, glad I'm not the only one who has read it. He did an amazing job of exploring many of the far-reaching impacts of being able to transplant consciousnesses. To your examples of crime and law enforcement I'd like to add religion and drug use as well. (minor spoiler alert) All that's left of Christianity is basically a small fanatic cult, and drug use is far more casual and widespread. If your body is almost disposable and death isn't necessarily inevitable, then I guess it makes sense things like this follow.