New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control
by Byrne, James M.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-07-15
Publisher(s): Criminal Justice Pr
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Summary
A comprehensive overview of the effects of new technology on criminality, crime prevention, and the criminal justice system is presented in this new textbook/reader. Fourteen chapters explore five critical issues:
Table of Contents
| About the Editors | p. vii |
| Introduction - The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control | p. 1 |
| The Impact of Technology on Criminality | p. 23 |
| Technology, Crime Control and the Private Sector in the 21st Century | p. 49 |
| Crime Prevention and Hard Technology: The Case of CCTV and Improved Street Lighting | p. 81 |
| Crime Prevention and Soft Technology: Risk Assessment, Threat Assessment, and the Prevention of Violence | p. 103 |
| Policing and "Hard" Technology | p. 133 |
| The Police and Soft Technology: How Information Technology Contributes to Police Decision Making | p. 153 |
| The Courts and Hard Technology: Applying Technological Solutions to Legal Issues | p. 185 |
| The Courts and Soft Technology | p. 211 |
| Institutional Corrections and Hard Technology | p. 227 |
| Institutional Corrections and Soft Technology | p. 245 |
| Community Corrections and Hard Technology | p. 287 |
| Community Corrections and Soft Technology | p. 327 |
| The Engineering of Social Control: Intended and Unintended Consequences | p. 347 |
| Web Links for the New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control | p. 373 |
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