The Routledge handbook of technology, crime and justice / edited by M.R. McGuire and Thomas J. Holt.

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Book
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English
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1st ed.
Published/​Created
London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2017.
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1 online resource (723 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

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Technology has become increasingly important to both the function and our understanding of the justice process. Many forms of criminal behaviour are highly dependent upon technology, and crime control has become a predominantly technologically driven process - one where 'traditional' technological aids such as fingerprinting or blood sample analysis are supplemented by a dizzying array of tools and techniques including surveillance devices and DNA profiling. This book offers ... an overview of global research on technology, crime and justice. It is divided into five parts, each corresponding with the key stages of the offending and justice process: part I addresses the current conceptual understanding of technology within academia and the criminal justice system; part II gives a comprehensive overview of the current relations between technology and criminal behaviour; part III explores the current technologies within crime control and the ways in which technology underpins contemporary formal and informal social control; part IV sets out some of the fundamental impacts technology is now having upon the judicial process; and part V reveals the emerging technologies for crime, control and justice and considers the extent to which new technology can be effectively regulated
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Contents
  • pt. I. Technology, crime and justice : theory and history
  • pt. II. Technology, crime and harm
  • pt. III. Technology and control
  • pt. IV. Technology and the process of justice
  • pt. V. Emerging technologies of crime and justice.
Other title(s)
Handbook of technology, crime and justice
ISBN
  • 1-315-74398-1
  • 1-317-59075-9
  • 1-317-59076-7
OCLC
974372731
Doi
  • 10.4324/9781315743981
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